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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2010-4042

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CVE-2010-4042

WebKit: Stale elements in an element map causes webkit to crash

Published Modified CWE 20
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat3.7AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (low).

Description

Google Chrome before 7.0.517.41 does not properly handle element maps, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to "stale elements."

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
Red Hatwebkitgtk, webkitgtk-devel, webkitgtk-docno fix listed
ubuntu 12.04chromium-browser3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
ubuntu 12.10chromium-browser3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
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SourcePackageFixed in
Red Hatwebkitgtkno fix listed
Red Hatwebkitgtk-develno fix listed
Red Hatwebkitgtk-docno fix listed
ubuntu 12.04chromium-browser3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
ubuntu 12.10chromium-browser3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.10.1

References

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