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CVE-2010-4198 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=55257 CVERelease NotesVendor Advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45611 CVEPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656118 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
google chrome
< 7.0.517.44

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
webkitgtk webkitgtk
1.2.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
13

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes


QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4198
NVD Published Date:
Nov 6, 2010
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2010-4198 Details - Not Deferred