Is CVE-2010-4040 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-4040 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4040?

CVE-2010-4040 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2010-4040

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 1.4% (73th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-4016)
Published: October 21, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4016 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
google / chrome
opensuse / opensuse

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=54500(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/10/stable-channel-update.html(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/41888(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2188(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44241(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2731(Not Applicable)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212(Not Applicable)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552(Not Applicable)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7646(Third Party Advisory)

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

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