CVE-2010-4042
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD
Google Chrome before 7.0.517.41 does not properly handle element maps, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to "stale elements."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4018)
- 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-2010-4018 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- google / chrome
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=56451(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/2011-05/msg00005.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41888(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44241(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2731(Not Applicable)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6654(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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