Use-after-free vulnerability in the Element::normalizeAttributes function in dom/Element.cpp in WebCore in WebKit in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors related to handlers for DOM mutation events, aka rdar problem 7948784. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2010-1759.
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 | third party advisory |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 | vdb entry broken link |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/40072 | third party advisory |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11357 | vdb entry third party advisory signature |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html | mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=43315 | third party advisory |
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.html | release notes vendor advisory |