# CVE-2010-2299: The Clipboard::DispatchObject function in app/clipboard/clipboard.cc in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 does not properly handle CBF\_SMBITMA

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-06-15 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Clipboard::DispatchObject function in app/clipboard/clipboard.cc in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 does not properly handle CBF_SMBITMAP objects in a ViewHostMsg_ClipboardWriteObjectsAsync message, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving crafted data from the renderer process, related to a "Type Confusion" issue.

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## References

- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12099
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40072
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=43307
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.html

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