What is CVE-2010-4197?

CVE-2010-4197 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2010-11-06.

How severe is CVE-2010-4197?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Google Chrome

CVE-2010-4197

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving text editing.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2010-11-06 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
trac.webkit.org/changeset/70594 (Patch, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail (Exploit, Mailing List, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/42109 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/43086 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/45720 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-4197?: CVE-2010-4197 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2010-11-06.
How severe is CVE-2010-4197?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.