CVE-2010-1772

Publication date 24 September 2010

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in page/Geolocation.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r59859, as used in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted web site, related to failure to stop timers associated with geolocation upon deletion of a document.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 6.0.472.62~r59676-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
qt4-x11 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
webkit 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1.2.5-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
9.10 karmic
Fixed 1.2.5-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

qt4-x11 unmaintained upstream (see README.webkit for details) webkit is a fork of khtml from kdelibs. kdelibs5 is farther from it, while qt4-x11 attempts to unify khtml and webkit.

mdeslaur

webkitkde is a wrapper around qt4-x11's webkit.

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

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

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