CVE-2010-4198

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.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.28% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory google.com Vendor Advisory blogspot.com Vendor Advisory webkit.org
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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=55257 release notes vendor advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216 vdb entry not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/42109 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43086 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45719 third party advisory vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12157 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html vendor advisory not applicable
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552 vdb entry not applicable
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656118 patch third party advisory issue tracking
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45611 vendor advisory permissions required

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4198?
CVE-2010-4198 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4198?
To fix CVE-2010-4198, 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-2010-4198 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-4198 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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