CVE-2010-4038

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-10-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-404

Description

The Web Sockets implementation in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.41 does not properly handle a shutdown action, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 7.0.517.41 — fixed in 7.0.517.41

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 7.0.517.41. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=53985
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/10/stable-channel-update.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/41888
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44241
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2731
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13930
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=53985
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/10/stable-channel-update.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/41888
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44241
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2731
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13930

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