CVE-2010-4491 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Google Chrome before 8.0.552.215 does not properly restrict privileged extensions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted extension.

Published: 2010-12-07

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2010-4459	Google Chrome before 8.0.552.215 does not properly restrict privileged extensions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted extension.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00686.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=62168
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42472
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11991

History

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Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-12-07T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:51:16.825Z

Reserved: 2010-12-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-4491

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-12-07T21:00:09.500

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-4491

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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