CVE-2010-1772

high

Published 2010-09-24 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in page/Geolocation.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r59859, as used in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted web site, related to failure to stop timers associated with geolocation upon deletion of a document.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

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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OS impact

Fedora Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
13	Affected	—
12	Affected	—

Red Hat Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
6.0	Affected	—

SUSE Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
11.3	Affected	—
11.2	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
10.10	Affected	—
10.04	Affected	—
9.10	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
google	chrome	`{"endExcluding":"5.0.375.70"}`	`5.0.375.70`

References

CWEs

CWE-416

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

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