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CVE-2010-4578

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4578 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Google Chrome and Chrome OS versions prior to 8.0.552.224 and 8.0.552.343 respectively, stemming from improper cursor handling that can lead to "stale pointers." With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a denial of service and potentially other unspecified impacts with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.0.552.343CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 8.0.552.224CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0165 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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 Extended Update Support 6.0Fixed in: webkitgtk

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-4578Moderate

WebKit: Stale SVG pointer in Cursors DOM

Dec 13, 2010

References

code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
Permissions Required
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates_13.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42648
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14323
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2188
Third Party Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-201012-01.xml
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/45390
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry