CVE-2010-1822

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-704

Description

WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 4.1.3 and 5.0.x before 5.0.3 and Google Chrome before 6.0.472.62, does not properly perform a cast of an unspecified variable, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via an SVG element in a non-SVG document.

Affected products

Apple Safari: before 4.1.3; from 5.0 before 5.0.3 — fixed in 4.1.3, 5.0.3
Google Chrome: before 6.0.472.62 — fixed in 6.0.472.62
Opensuse: 11.2, 11.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple Safari 4.1.3, 5.0.3; Google Chrome 6.0.472.62. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=55114
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/09/stable-beta-channel-updates_17.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4455
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45562

Get alerted when CVE-2010-1822 or the next vulnerability affects your stack