Is CVE-2010-4494 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-4494 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4494?

CVE-2010-4494 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2010-4494

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 5.9%EU EUVD

Double free vulnerability in libxml2 2.7.8 and other versions, as used in Google Chrome before 8.0.552.215 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to XPath handling.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-415
EPSS score: 5.9% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-4462)
Published: December 7, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4462 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apache / openoffice
apple / iphone os
apple / itunes
apple / mac os x
apple / safari
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
google / chrome
hp / insight control server deployment
hp / rapid deployment pack
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
suse / suse linux enterprise server
xmlsoft / libxml2

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Apple Mac OS X 10.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0536-2010 - archived
Apple Mac OS X v10.3.6 and Apple Mac OS X Server V10.3.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0086-2005 - archived

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=63444(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055775.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40775(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42472(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42721(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42762(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566(Broken Link)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2137(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:260(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-4008_CVE-2010-4494.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3319(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3336(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11916(Third Party Advisory)

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

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