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CVE-2010-4040
Google Chrome before 7.0.517.41 does not properly handle animated GIF images, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
High7.8EPSS 1.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Google Chrome before 7.0.517.41 does not properly handle animated GIF images, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- MDVSA-2011:039 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 43068 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2731 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=54500 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2011:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-2188 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7646 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0552 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 41888 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 44241 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/10/stable-channel-update.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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