CVE-2010-4042

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Google Chrome before 7.0.517.41 does not properly handle element maps, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to "stale elements."

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=56451Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/10/stable-channel-update.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41888Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44241Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2731Not Applicable
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6654Third Party Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=56451Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/10/stable-channel-update.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/41888Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44241Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2731Not Applicable
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6654Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 21, 2010
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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