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CVE-2010-3113: Google Chrome: Memory corruption

CVE-2010-3113 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Google Chrome, along with 1 other product in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Google Chrome before 5.0.375.127, and webkitgtk before 1.2.5, does not properly handle SVG documents, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors related to state changes when using DeleteButtonController.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Underlying weakness

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 5.0.375.127
Webkitgtk: before 1.2.5
Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 9.10; 10.04; 10.10