CVE-2010-2649 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Google Chrome by providing an invalid image, requiring user interaction to view the malicious content.
- 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-2010-2649?
CVE-2010-2649 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 6 Jul 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
Unspecified vulnerability in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.99 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid image.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2649?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2010-2649?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2649 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-2649 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2649 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ccr3-7m5j-p2q7.