CVE-2010-4041

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
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: 2010-10-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The sandbox implementation in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.41 on Linux does not properly constrain worker processes, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions 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=54794
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%3A14201
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=54794
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%3A14201

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