CVE-2010-4042

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% 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 element maps, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to "stale elements."

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 7.0.517.41 — fixed in 7.0.517.41
Opensuse: 11.2, 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=56451
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/10/stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.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%3A6654
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=56451
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/10/stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/41888
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44241

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