VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-4576

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.67%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-12-22
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

browser/worker_host/message_port_dispatcher.cc in Google Chrome before 8.0.552.224 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.343 does not properly handle certain postMessage calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted JavaScript code that creates a web worker.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references