High 7.5Published Dec 21, 2010

CVE-2010-4578Google Chrome before 8.0.552.224 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.343 do not properly perform cursor handling, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified othe…

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Google Chrome before 8.0.552.224 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.343 do not properly perform cursor handling, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors that lead to "stale pointers."

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

google chrome_os google:chrome_os	before 8.0.552.343	NVD
google chrome google:chrome	before 8.0.552.224	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	6.0; 7.0	NVD

References

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=64959	permissions-required
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates_13.html	vendor-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42648	vendor-advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2188	third-party-advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201012-01.xml	third-party-advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45390	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14323	third-party-advisory

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