CVE-2010-4576
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
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 handle certain postMessage calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted JavaScript code that creates a web worker.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-476
- EPSS score
- 1.7% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4542)
- Published
- December 22, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4542 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- google / chrome
- google / chrome os
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=63529(Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates_13.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42648(Third Party Advisory)
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=66620(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201012-01.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45390(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14161(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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