CVE-2010-4493

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
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: 2010-12-07 · 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 via vectors related to the handling of mouse dragging events.

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=63051
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%3A12129
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=63051
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%3A12129

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