CVE-2010-4040

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-10-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Google Chrome before 7.0.517.41 does not properly handle animated GIF images, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 6.0, 7.0
Google Chrome: before 7.0.517.41 — fixed in 7.0.517.41
Opensuse: from 11.2 through 11.3

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=54500
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/10/stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/41888
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2188
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44241
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2731
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7646

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