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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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