CVE-2010-4578: Google Chrome before 8.0.552.224 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.343 do not properly perform cursor handling, which allows remote attackers to
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.6% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 76.3% of all records.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: webkit (Debian:6.0) 1.2.7-0+squeeze1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to webkit (Debian:6.0) 1.2.7-0+squeeze1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Google Chrome before 8.0.552.224 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.343 do not properly perform cursor handling, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that lead to "stale pointers."
- Published
- Dec 21, 2010
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.6% · 76th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
30
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.6%
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What does it mean in your environment?
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Is your version affected?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| chrome os | cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os | |
| chrome | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome | |
| debian | debian linux | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- debian debian linux6.0
- debian debian linux7.0
- google chromebefore 8.0.552.224
- google chrome osbefore 8.0.552.343
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:6.0 | webkit | before 1.2.7-0+squeeze1 | 1.2.7-0+squeeze1 |
Same product
google: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2014-3188Google Chrome before 38.0.2125.101 and Chrome OS before 38.0.2125.101 do not properly handle the interaction of IPC and Google V8, which all42Plan
- CVE-2014-1708The boot implementation in Google Chrome OS before 33.0.1750.152 does not properly consider file persistence, which allows remote attackers 41Plan
- CVE-2012-2864Mesa, as used in Google Chrome before 21.0.1183.0 on the Acer AC700, Cr-48, and Samsung Series 5 and 5 550 Chromebook platforms, and the Sam41Plan
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2010-4575Dec 21, 2010 · The ThemeInstalledInfoBarDelegate::Observe function in browser/extensions/theme_installed_infobar_delegate.cc in Google Chrome before 8.0.5517Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2010-4576Dec 21, 2010 · browser/worker_host/message_port_dispatcher.cc in Google Chrome before 8.0.552.224 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.343 does not properly handle21Monitor
- Later →CVE-2011-0470Jan 14, 2011 · Google Chrome before 8.0.552.237 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.344 do not properly handle extensions notification, which allows remote attack21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:webkit | 1.2.7-0+squeeze1 · Debian:6.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates_13.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
- secunia.com/advisories/42648
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2188
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201012-01.xml
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/45390
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14323
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.