01 Record

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 remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 5.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 92.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2010-12-07 20:00Z15 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 03:51Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2010-12-07

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-415Double FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

233e2f82095adb05b4630511ac538599c898c70ce765f2c26f0763112676b041

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

apacheopenofficeNot specified—

appleiphone_osNot specified—

appleitunesNot specified—

applemac_os_xNot specified—

applesafariNot specified—

debiandebian_linuxNot specified—

fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—

googlechromeNot specified—

hpinsight_control_server_deploymentNot specified—

hprapid_deployment_packNot specified—

opensuseopensuseNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_desktopNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_eusNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_serverNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_workstationNot specified—

susesuse_linux_enterprise_serverNot specified—

xmlsoftlibxml2Not specified—

06 References

www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:260http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:260vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
secunia.com40775http://secunia.com/advisories/40775third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.vupen.comADV-2010-3336http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3336vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.vupen.comADV-2011-0230http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.debian.orgDSA-2137http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2137vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0217http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566x_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com42721http://secunia.com/advisories/42721third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1749http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2011-03-21-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2011:005http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2011-03-02-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
www.openoffice.orghttp://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-4008_CVE-2010-4494.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-2697http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055775.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2011-03-09-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00003.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
secunia.com42472http://secunia.com/advisories/42472third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
code.google.comhttp://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=63444x_refsource_CONFIRM
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11916https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11916vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554x_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2011-03-09-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
secunia.com42762http://secunia.com/advisories/42762third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.vupen.comADV-2010-3319http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3319vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
marc.infoHPSBGN02970http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581x_refsource_CONFIRM

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

libxml2
Fixed in 2.7.8.dfsg-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

libxml2
Fixed in 2.7.8.dfsg-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

libxml2
Fixed in 2.7.8.dfsg-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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