CVE-2010-4484 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Attackers can crash Google Chrome via HTML5 database handling flaws, requiring user interaction to visit 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-2010-4484?

CVE-2010-4484 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 7 Dec 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 8.0.552.215 does not properly handle HTML5 databases, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4484?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2010-4484?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4484 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-2010-4484 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4484 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-7grm-c9fj-p8jw.

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