CVE-2010-3252 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2010-3252?

CVE-2010-3252 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 7 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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Notifications presenter in Google Chrome before 6.0.472.53 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3252?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3252?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-3252 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-2010-3252 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3252 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-wvr4-cfc2-66q9.