Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the display of a blocked popup window during navigation to a different web site
Published Feb 18, 2010
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.46%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the display of a blocked popup window during navigation to a different web site.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 4.0.249.78
- 0.2.149.27
- 0.2.149.29
- 0.2.149.30
- 0.2.152.1
- 0.2.153.1
- 0.3.154.0
- 0.3.154.3
- 0.4.154.18
- 0.4.154.22
- 0.4.154.31
- 0.4.154.33
- 1.0.154.36
- 1.0.154.39
- 1.0.154.42
- 1.0.154.43
- 1.0.154.46
- 1.0.154.48
- 1.0.154.52
- 1.0.154.53
- 1.0.154.59
- 1.0.154.65
- 2.0.156.1
- 2.0.157.0
- 2.0.157.2
- 2.0.158.0
- 2.0.159.0
- 2.0.169.0
- 2.0.169.1
- 2.0.170.0
- 2.0.172
- 2.0.172.2
- 2.0.172.8
- 2.0.172.27
- 2.0.172.28
- 2.0.172.30
- 2.0.172.31
- 2.0.172.33
- 2.0.172.37
- 2.0.172.38
- 3.0.182.2
- 3.0.190.2
- 3.0.193.2
- 3.0.195.21
- 3.0.195.24
- 3.0.195.32
- 3.0.195.33
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.46% (0.07458) | 94.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.46% (0.07458) | 93.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 14, 2025 | 13.86% (0.13859) | 93.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 17.14% (0.17140) | 94.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 24.17% (0.24166) | 93.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 17.14% (0.17140) | 94.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 14.09% (0.14094) | 95.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.88% (0.07877) | 93.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.82% (0.12822) | 95.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.82% (0.12822) | 95.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.82% (0.12822) | 90.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=12523 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-65/ x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023506 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14069 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=12523 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-65/ | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1023506 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14069 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
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