CVE-2010-1772

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.

CVSS breakdown

Affected products

• Canonical / Ubuntu Linux10.04 – 10.04
• Canonical / Ubuntu Linux10.10 – 10.10
• Canonical / Ubuntu Linux9.10 – 9.10
• fedoraproject / fedora13 – 13
• fedoraproject / fedora12 – 12
• Google / Chrome5.0.375.70
• openSUSE / opensuse11.2 – 11.2
• openSUSE / opensuse11.3 – 11.3
• RedHat / enterprise_linux6.0 – 6.0

References

• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044031.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43068
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1801
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/41856
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/40072
• MISChttps://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39388
• MISChttp://trac.webkit.org/changeset/59859
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/40557
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
• MISChttp://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=44868
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044023.html
• MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11661
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552
• MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596498
• MISChttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.html