Is CVE-2010-1772 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-1772 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-1772?

CVE-2010-1772 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2010-1772

HIGH · CVSS 8.8EPSS 2.0%EU EUVD

Use-after-free vulnerability in page/Geolocation.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r59859, as used in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted web site, related to failure to stop timers associated with geolocation upon deletion of a document.

Key facts

CVSS score: 8.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
EPSS score: 2.0% (81th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-1792)
Published: September 24, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1792 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
google / chrome
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
redhat / enterprise linux

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=44868(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List)
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.html(Release Notes)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044023.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044031.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40072(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40557(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/41856(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068(Broken Link)
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/59859(Mailing List, Patch)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039(Broken Link)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1801(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552(Broken Link)
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39388(Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596498(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11661(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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