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CVE-2010-4197

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4197 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, affecting Google Chrome before version 7.0.517.44, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products utilizing WebKit. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts through specially crafted text editing operations. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Its FAUCET Risk Score of 94/100 further emphasizes its severe nature. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV or Hot List) and no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating notable attention despite the lack of media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.0.517.44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0231 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: webkitgtk-0:1.2.6-2.el6_0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-4197Moderate

WebKit: Use-after-free vulnerabiity related to text editing causes memory corruption

Nov 4, 2010

References

code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
ExploitIssue TrackingMailing ListVendor Advisory
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2010/11/stable-channel-update.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugs.webkit.org / show_bug.cgi
Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42109
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/43086
Broken Link
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12266
Third Party Advisory
trac.webkit.org / changeset/70594
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/45720
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0216
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0552
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory