CVE-2010-4199 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2010-4199?

CVE-2010-4199 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 5 Nov 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

Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44 does not properly perform a cast of an unspecified variable during processing of an SVG use element, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SVG document.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4199?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2010-4199?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2010-4199 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4199 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hwff-phpp-7p68.