CVE-2010-0657

critical
Published 2010-02-18 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
9.3

Description

Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 on Windows does not perform the expected encoding, escaping, and quoting for the URL in the --app argument in a desktop shortcut, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs or obtain sensitive information by tricking a user into creating a crafted shortcut.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gcp googlechrome2.0.172.31
gcp googlechrome2.0.172.33
gcp googlechrome2.0.172.37
gcp googlechrome2.0.172.38
gcp googlechrome3.0.182.2
gcp googlechrome3.0.190.2
gcp googlechrome3.0.193.2
gcp googlechrome3.0.195.21
gcp googlechrome3.0.195.24
gcp googlechrome3.0.195.32
gcp googlechrome1.0.154.65
gcp googlechrome2.0.156.1
gcp googlechrome2.0.157.0
gcp googlechrome2.0.172.8
gcp googlechrome2.0.172.27
gcp googlechrome{"endIncluding":"4.0.249.78"}
gcp googlechrome0.2.149.27
gcp googlechrome0.2.149.29
gcp googlechrome0.2.149.30
gcp googlechrome0.2.152.1
gcp googlechrome0.2.153.1
gcp googlechrome0.3.154.0
gcp googlechrome0.3.154.3
gcp googlechrome0.4.154.18
gcp googlechrome0.4.154.22
gcp googlechrome0.4.154.31
gcp googlechrome0.4.154.33
gcp googlechrome1.0.154.39
gcp googlechrome1.0.154.42
gcp googlechrome1.0.154.43
gcp googlechrome1.0.154.46
gcp googlechrome1.0.154.48
gcp googlechrome1.0.154.52
gcp googlechrome1.0.154.53
gcp googlechrome1.0.154.59
gcp googlechrome1.0.154.36
gcp googlechrome2.0.157.2
gcp googlechrome2.0.158.0
gcp googlechrome2.0.159.0
gcp googlechrome2.0.169.0
gcp googlechrome2.0.169.1
gcp googlechrome2.0.170.0
gcp googlechrome2.0.172
gcp googlechrome2.0.172.2
gcp googlechrome2.0.172.28
gcp googlechrome2.0.172.30
gcp googlechrome3.0.195.33

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.