PT-2010-5256 · Google · Google Chrome

Published 2010-10-21 · Updated 2020-07-31 · CVE-2010-4040

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 7.0.517.41

Description The issue is related to the improper handling of animated GIF images, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service due to memory corruption, or possibly have other unspecified impacts, via a crafted image.

Recommendations For versions prior to 7.0.517.41, update to version 7.0.517.41 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-4040

DSA-2188-1

Affected Products

Google Chrome

References · 13

• 🔥 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=54500 · Exploit
• http://debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2188 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4040 · Security Note
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/10/stable-channel-update.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/44241 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41888 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2731 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7646 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 · Note