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CVE-2010-4040

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4040 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 7.0.517.41, affecting various Debian and openSUSE distributions. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts through a specially crafted animated GIF image. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it indicates a locally exploitable vulnerability with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.0.517.41CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.2, <= 11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0141 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: webkitgtk

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-4040Moderate

WebKit: crafted animated GIF image could cause DoS (memory corruption)

Oct 19, 2010

References

code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
ExploitIssue TrackingMailing ListVendor Advisory
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2010/10/stable-channel-update.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/41888
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/43068
Broken Link
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7646
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2188
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/44241
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2731
Not Applicable
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0212
Not Applicable
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0552
Not Applicable