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CVE-2010-4574

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• 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: 2010-12-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-502

Description

The Pickle::Pickle function in base/pickle.cc in Google Chrome before 8.0.552.224 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.343 on 64-bit Linux platforms does not properly perform pointer arithmetic, which allows remote attackers to bypass message deserialization validation, and cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact, via invalid pickle data.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 8.0.552.224 — fixed in 8.0.552.224
• Google ChromeOS: before 8.0.552.343 — fixed in 8.0.552.343

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 8.0.552.224; Google ChromeOS 8.0.552.343. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=56449
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates_13.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42648
• http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=68033
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201012-01.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45390
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14141
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=56449
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates_13.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42648
• http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=68033
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201012-01.xml

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