CVE-2010-1823

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit before r65958, as used in Google Chrome before 6.0.472.59, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger use of document APIs such as document.close during parsing, as demonstrated by a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) file referencing an invalid SVG font, aka rdar problem 8442098.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.54% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory google.com Vendor Advisory blogspot.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7405 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4981 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00000.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44533 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/09/stable-beta-channel-updates_14.html vendor advisory
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43055 permissions required
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4808 third party advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00002.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=50250 issue tracking patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-1823?
CVE-2010-1823 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-1823?
To fix CVE-2010-1823, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-1823 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-1823 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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