CVE-2010-4198
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 5, 2010 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsChromeFedoraWebKitGTK
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
v < 7.0.517.44
Affected range stops below 7.0.517.44, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=55257
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html
References (13)
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=55257x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/42109Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/43086Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATNot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45719CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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