CVE-2010-4203
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
โ
VIR risk
9.8
Description
WebM libvpx (aka the VP8 Codec SDK) before 0.9.5, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via invalid frames.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
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
Red Hat Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Affected | โ |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.9.1-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.9.1-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.9.1-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.9.1-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.9.1-2 |
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=60055
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html
- http://review.webmproject.org/gitweb?p=libvpx.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGELOG
- http://review.webmproject.org/gitweb?p=libvpx.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=09bcc1f710ea65dc158639479288fb1908ff0c53
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42109
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42690
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42908
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-03.xml
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0115
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12198
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0999.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4203
CWEs
CWE-190
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.