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webkit: bad cast with text editing

Published Aug 24, 2010

Description

The text-editing implementation in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.127, and webkitgtk before 1.2.6, does not check a node type before performing a cast, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors related to (1) DeleteSelectionCommand.cpp, (2) InsertLineBreakCommand.cpp, or (3) InsertParagraphSeparatorCommand.cpp in WebCore/editing/.

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Remediation

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 24, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 24, 2010
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Aug 19, 2010