Google Chrome 1.0.154.48 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via JavaScript code containing an infi…

published 2010-06-01 16y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-2136

cvss: 4.3; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits: 0; none known

Google Chrome 1.0.154.48 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via JavaScript code containing an infinite loop that creates IFRAME elements for invalid news:// URIs.

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Exploit prediction

1.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

websecurity.com.ua http://websecurity.com.ua/4238/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

Technology feeds

Google Chrome rss critical rss

References

websecurity.com.ua /4238/
exploit
oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11966
vdb-entry, signature
securityfocus.com /archive/1/511509/100/0/threaded
mailing-list

Sources

CVE List CVE-2010-2120
NVD CVE-2010-2120

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