CVE-2010-4490

Description

Google Chrome before 8.0.552.215 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via malformed video content that triggers an indexing error.

9.3

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.80% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory blogspot.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=62127
http://secunia.com/advisories/42472	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12284	vdb entry signature
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4490?: CVE-2010-4490 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4490?: To fix CVE-2010-4490, 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-2010-4490 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2010-4490 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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