CVE-2010-4040

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2010-10-19
Bugzilla:
657101: CVE-2010-4040 WebKit: crafted animated GIF image could cause DoS (memory corruption)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Google Chrome before 7.0.517.41 does not properly handle animated GIF images, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image.

Find out more about CVE-2010-4040 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 3.7
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 webkitgtk Will not fix

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