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CVE-2010-1772 Detail

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in page/Geolocation.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r59859, as used in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted web site, related to failure to stop timers associated with geolocation upon deletion of a document.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  8.8 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=44868 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Mailing List 
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.html Release Notes 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044023.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044031.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/59859 Mailing List  Patch 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039 Broken Link 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1801 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552 Broken Link 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39388 Permissions Required  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596498 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11661 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-416 Use After Free cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-1772
NVD Published Date:
09/24/2010
NVD Last Modified:
02/02/2024
Source:
Apple Inc.