CVE-2010-4494
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Double free vulnerability in libxml2 2.7.8 and other versions, as used in Google Chrome before 8.0.552.215 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to XPath handling.
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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OS impact
Fedora Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Affected | — |
macOS Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | 4.3.0 |
Red Hat Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.3 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 11.3 | Affected | — |
| 11.2 | Affected | — |
| 11 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.7.8.dfsg-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.7.8.dfsg-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.7.8.dfsg-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.7.8.dfsg-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.7.8.dfsg-2 |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
| 5.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrome | {"endExcluding":"8.0.552.215"} | 8.0.552.215 | |
| xmlsoft | libxml2 | {"endIncluding":"2.7.8"} | |
| apple | itunes | {"endExcluding":"10.2"} | 10.2 |
| apple | safari | {"endExcluding":"5.0.4"} | 5.0.4 |
| hp | insight_control_server_deployment | | |
| hp | rapid_deployment_pack | | |
| apache | openoffice | {"startIncluding":"2.1.0","endIncluding":"2.4.3"} | |
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=63444
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055775.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40775
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42472
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42721
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42762
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2137
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:260
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-4008_CVE-2010-4494.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3319
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3336
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230
CWEs
CWE-415
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.