CVE-2010-4577

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-4577
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-12-22 01:00:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-125 | CWE-843 | n/a | CWE-125 CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read | CWE-843 CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 13 All All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All
Operating System Google Chrome Os All All All All
Application Webkitgtk Webkitgtk All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: webkitgtk-1.2.6-1.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changeset 72685 for trunk/WebCore/css/CSSParser.cpp – WebKit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.webkit.org Mailing List, Patch
667025 – (CVE-2010-4577) CVE-2010-4577 webkit: CSS Font Face Parsing Type Confusion Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
WebKit CSS Token Sequences Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changeset 72685 – WebKit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.webkit.org Mailing List, Patch
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.webkit.org Permissions Required
Google Chrome Releases: Stable, Beta Channel Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 googlechromereleases.blogspot.com Release Notes
63866 - chromium - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Monorail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2188-1 webkit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for webkitgtk - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Gentoo update for chromium - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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