WebKit: Memory corruption due to improper handling of large text area
Published Nov 5, 2010
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.50%
Description
WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products, does not properly handle large text areas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted HTML document.
Affected products
No data.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
webkitgtk-0:1.2.6-2.el6_0
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0177
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | webkitgtk-0:1.2.6-2.el6_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0177 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.50% (0.01501) | 73.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.50% (0.01501) | 70.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.28% (0.01284) | 78.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 0.57% (0.00567) | 77.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 22, 2023 | 2.16% (0.02161) | 88.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 4, 2023 | 2.14% (0.02140) | 87.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.63% (0.01626) | 85.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=55257 x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42109 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43086 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATNot Applicable
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45719 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENNot Applicable
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENNot Applicable
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4198 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45611 x_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656118 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4198
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12157 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4198
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.