CVE-2010-4576 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2010-4576?

CVE-2010-4576 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 22 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

browser/worker_host/message_port_dispatcher.cc in Google Chrome before 8.0.552.224 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.343 does not properly handle certain postMessage calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted JavaScript code that creates a web worker.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4576?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Google Chrome Os.

How do I fix CVE-2010-4576?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4576 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2010-4576 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4576 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-29rg-h6c8-h6xh.