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critical 9.8

CVE-2010-4197 in the critical feed json

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products, allows remo…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-4171

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving text editing.

Patch / fix

  • google chrome 7.0.517.44
  • webkitgtk webkitgtk 1.2.6
  • webkitgtk RHEL 6 1.2.6-2.el6_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0177

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-4197 updated cvss 3.7

WebKit: Use-after-free vulnerabiity related to text editing causes memory corruption

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) webkitgtk 1.2.6-2.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) webkitgtk 1.2.6-2.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) webkitgtk 1.2.6-2.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) webkitgtk 1.2.6-2.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) webkitgtk 1.2.6-2.el6_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) webkitgtk 1.2.6-2.el6_0
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) webkitgtk 1.2.6-2.el6_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0177

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Exploit prediction

2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • code.google.com http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=51602 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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