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CVE-2010-4494
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…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 5.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.9% · top 6.6% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References26
- MDVSA-2010:260 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 40775 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3336 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0230 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-2137 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0217 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42721 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:1749 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2011-03-21-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2011:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2011-03-02-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-4008_CVE-2010-4494.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-2697 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2011-03-09-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 42472 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=63444 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11916 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2011-03-09-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 42762 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3319 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- HPSBGN02970 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-4462 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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