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