High severity · published Nov 6, 2010
CVE-2010-4198
WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products, does not properly handle large text areas, which allows remote attackers to cause a…
8.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products, does not properly handle large text areas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted HTML document.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
before 7.0.517.44 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
13 · source: NVD
WE
Webkitgtk · Webkitgtk
1.2.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4198
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4198
Release Notes
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=55257
Vendor Advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42109
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43086
Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
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