Description
The protocolIs function in platform/KURLGoogle.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r55822, as used in Google Chrome before 4.1.249.1036 and Flock Browser 3.x before 3.0.0.4112, does not properly handle whitespace at the beginning of a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted javascript: URL, as demonstrated by a \x00javascript:alert sequence.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.3/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=37383Exploit
- http://codereview.chromium.org/858001
- http://flock.com/security/
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/03/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068Vendor Advisory
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=41244
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35948
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14067
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=37383Exploit
- http://codereview.chromium.org/858001
- http://flock.com/security/
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/03/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068Vendor Advisory
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=41244
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35948
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14067
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 1, 2010
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified