What is CVE-2010-1772?

CVE-2010-1772 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2010-09-24.

How severe is CVE-2010-1772?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Google Chrome

CVE-2010-1772

Use-after-free vulnerability in page/Geolocation.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r59859, as used in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted web site, related to failure to stop timers associated with geolocation upon deletion of a document.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2010-09-24 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (79.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 9.10, 10.10
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 12, 13
openSUSE — versions 11.3, 11.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044031.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/43068 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1801 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/41856 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
secunia.com/advisories/40072 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi (Vendor Advisory, Permissions Required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-1772?: CVE-2010-1772 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2010-09-24.
How severe is CVE-2010-1772?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.