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CVE-2010-4198
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,…
High8.8EPSS 1.5%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- MDVSA-2011:039 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-0121 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=55257 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0216 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 42109 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 43086 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 45719 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12157 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0177 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0552 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656118 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45611 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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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