# CVE-2010-4198: WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products, does not properly handle large text areas, w

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-11-05 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products, does not properly handle large text areas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted HTML document.

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## References

- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=55257
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42109
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43086
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45719
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12157
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656118
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45611

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