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CVE-2010-4204

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4204 describes 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 further unspecified impact by manipulating frame objects after they have been deallocated. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a high-impact threat that can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

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
2.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0226 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-2010-4204Moderate

WebKit: Use-after-free vulnerability related frame object

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%3A12174
Third Party Advisory
trac.webkit.org / changeset/70517
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html
Not Applicable
securityfocus.com / bid/45718
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0216
Not Applicable
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0552
Not Applicable