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CVE-2010-4494

Double Free

Published: Dec 07, 2010 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4494
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html

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.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ChromeGoogle*8.0.552.215 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatlibxml2-0:2.7.6-4.el6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatmingw32-libxml2-0:2.7.6-6.el6_3*
Chromium-browserUbuntudevel*
Chromium-browserUbuntulucid*
Chromium-browserUbuntumaverick*
Chromium-browserUbuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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