CVE-2010-4040

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.60%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory google.com Vendor Advisory blogspot.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 third party advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2731 vdb entry not applicable
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=54500 issue tracking mailing list vendor advisory exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 vdb entry not applicable
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2188 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7646 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552 vdb entry not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/41888 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44241 vdb entry third party advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/10/stable-channel-update.html release notes vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4040?
CVE-2010-4040 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4040?
To fix CVE-2010-4040, 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-2010-4040 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-4040 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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