CVE-2010-1773 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2010-1773?

CVE-2010-1773 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 24 Sep 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Off-by-one error in the toAlphabetic function in rendering/RenderListMarker.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r59950, as used in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash), or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to list markers for HTML lists, aka rdar problem 8009118.

Weakness: CWE-193

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1773?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2010-1773?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-1773 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2010-1773 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-1773 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as CVE-2010-2304, GHSA-rg88-8376-6jqq.