CVE-2010-2299

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-06-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-843

Description

The Clipboard::DispatchObject function in app/clipboard/clipboard.cc in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 does not properly handle CBF_SMBITMAP objects in a ViewHostMsg_ClipboardWriteObjectsAsync message, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving crafted data from the renderer process, related to a "Type Confusion" issue.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 5.0.375.70 — fixed in 5.0.375.70

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 5.0.375.70. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=43307
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/40072
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12099
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=43307
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/40072
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12099

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