CVE-2010-2295 Other in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

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.

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vr29-mm4v-x5ph.

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