CVE-2010-4578

critical

Description

Google Chrome before 8.0.552.224 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.343 do not properly perform cursor handling, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that lead to "stale pointers."

References

Advisories
More

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14323

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45390

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201012-01.xml

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2188

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/42648

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates_13.html

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=64959

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-12-22

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01771