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CVE-2010-4204

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2010-11-06
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 1.2.6 / 7.0.517.44 or later.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Public exploit Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products, accesses a frame object after this object has been destroyed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
ChromeWeb browser
Affected:< 7.0.517.44
FedoraOperating system
Affected:= 13
WebkitgtkWeb browser
Affected:< 1.2.6

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 1.2.6 / 7.0.517.44 or later
Fixed in 1.2.67.0.517.44
Vendor patch trac.webkit.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Chrome 7.0.517.44 or later; webkitgtk 1.2.6 or later

  1. For Chrome users: Upgrade Google Chrome to version 7.0.517.44 or later. The patch was released in the Chrome 7.0.517.44 stable update.
  2. For webkitgtk users: Upgrade webkitgtk to version 1.2.6 or later. The fix is available in the WebKit repository at commit r70517.
  3. After upgrading, verify the version by checking Help > About Google Chrome in Chrome, or checking the webkitgtk library version on your system.
Caveat Major browser version upgrades may introduce temporary compatibility issues with older extensions or web plugins; test critical web applications after upgrade

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