CVE-2010-4205 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2010-4205?

CVE-2010-4205 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 5 Nov 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44 does not properly handle the data types of event objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4205?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2010-4205?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4205 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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

Is CVE-2010-4205 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4205 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-67gp-34xw-p93j.