HIGH
The image decoder in WebKit before r52833, as used in Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78, does not properly handle a failure of memory allocation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the Chrome sandbox via a malformed GIF file that specifies a large size
Published Feb 18, 2010
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.19%
Description
The image decoder in WebKit before r52833, as used in Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78, does not properly handle a failure of memory allocation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the Chrome sandbox via a malformed GIF file that specifies a large size.
Affected products
No data.
AND
OR
- ≤ 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
- 4.0.244.0
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.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.19% 0.03193
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03193
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.19% (0.03193) | 87.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.19% (0.03193) | 86.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.98% (0.06977) | 90.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.72% (0.08717) | 87.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.98% (0.06977) | 90.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 18, 2024 | 8.83% (0.08829) | 94.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 6.15% (0.06152) | 93.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 7, 2024 | 8.52% (0.08519) | 94.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 12, 2023 | 6.84% (0.06837) | 93.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.20% (0.06201) | 92.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.17% (0.09174) | 94.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.17% (0.09174) | 93.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.17% (0.09174) | 86.96th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=28566 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- 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
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/52833 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33231 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14079 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=28566 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| 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 | |
| http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/52833 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33231 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14079 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 18, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 18, 2010
Link CVE-2010-0659
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a