CVE-2010-2295 Other in n/a
A remote attacker can redirect keystrokes via a crafted HTML document by exploiting improper focus handling in WebKit, requiring user interaction.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-2295?
CVE-2010-2295 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 15 Jun 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
page/EventHandler.cpp in WebCore in WebKit in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 does not properly handle a change of the focused frame during the dispatching of keydown, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to redirect keystrokes via a crafted HTML document, aka rdar problem 7018610. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2010-1422.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2295?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2010-2295?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2295 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2010-2295 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2295 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vr29-mm4v-x5ph.