CVE-2010-4038
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 21, 2010 at 06:12 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorChrome
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The Web Sockets implementation in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.41 does not properly handle a shutdown action, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingMailing ListVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=53985x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/10/stable-channel-update.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/41888VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44241VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENNot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2731VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13930CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-404
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