CVE-2010-4577
Description
The CSSParser::parseFontFaceSrc function in WebCore/css/CSSParser.cpp in WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 8.0.552.224, Chrome OS before 8.0.552.343, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products does not properly parse Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted local font, related to "Type Confusion."
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
Fedora Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Affected | — |
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=63866
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates_13.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42648
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43086
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/72685
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/72685/trunk/WebCore/css/CSSParser.cpp
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2188
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201012-01.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45722
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49883
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667025
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13953
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=63866
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates_13.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42648
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43086
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/72685
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/72685/trunk/WebCore/css/CSSParser.cpp
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2188
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201012-01.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html
CWEs
CWE-125 CWE-843
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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