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CVE-2010-4492

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-12-07 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 8.0.552.215 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving SVG animations.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 6.0, 7.0
• Google Chrome: before 8.0.552.215 — fixed in 8.0.552.215

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 8.0.552.215. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=62401
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42472
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2188
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11475
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=62401
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42472
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2188
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11475

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