CVE-2010-2648

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-07-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (aka Bidi algorithm or UBA) in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.99 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 9.10, 10.04, 10.10
Google Chrome: before 5.0.375.99 — fixed in 5.0.375.99
Opensuse: 11.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 5.0.375.99. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=44424
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/07/stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/41856
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11900
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=44424
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/07/stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html

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