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CVE-2010-4577 Detail

Description

The CSSParser::parseFontFaceSrc function in WebCore/css/CSSParser.cpp in WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 8.0.552.224, Chrome OS before 8.0.552.343, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products does not properly parse Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted local font, related to "Type Confusion."


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Hyperlink Resource
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=63866 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Mailing List 
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=63866 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Mailing List 
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates_13.html Release Notes 
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates_13.html Release Notes 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42648 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42648 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/43086 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/43086 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/72685 Mailing List  Patch 
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/72685 Mailing List  Patch 
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/72685/trunk/WebCore/css/CSSParser.cpp Mailing List  Patch 
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/72685/trunk/WebCore/css/CSSParser.cpp Mailing List  Patch 
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2188 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2188 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201012-01.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201012-01.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45722 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45722 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49883 Permissions Required 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49883 Permissions Required 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667025 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667025 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13953 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13953 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-4577
NVD Published Date:
12/21/2010
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE