CVE-2010-4576

medium

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14161

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45390

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201012-01.xml

http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=66620

http://secunia.com/advisories/42648

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates_13.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-12-22

Updated: 2020-07-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium