CVE-2010-3114

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-08-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The text-editing implementation in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.127, and webkitgtk before 1.2.6, does not check a node type before performing a cast, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors related to (1) DeleteSelectionCommand.cpp, (2) InsertLineBreakCommand.cpp, or (3) InsertParagraphSeparatorCommand.cpp in WebCore/editing/.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 9.10, 10.04, 10.10
Google Chrome: before 5.0.375.127 — fixed in 5.0.375.127
Webkit: before 1.2.6 — fixed in 1.2.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 5.0.375.127; Webkit 1.2.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=49628
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/08/stable-channel-update_19.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/41856
http://secunia.com/advisories/43086
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/63773
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44201
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552

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