CVE-2010-2302 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2010-2302?

CVE-2010-2302 is a critical use after free 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

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebCore in WebKit in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving remote fonts in conjunction with shadow DOM trees, aka rdar problem 8007953. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2010-1771.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2302?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2302?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2302 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2010-2302 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2302 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-93pv-9mrv-96vx.