What is CVE-2010-4198?

CVE-2010-4198 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2010-11-06.

How severe is CVE-2010-4198?

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

Improper input validation in Google Chrome

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, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted HTML document.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2010-11-06 · 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: 0.015 (73.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome
Webkitgtk — versions 1.2.6
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 13

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

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)
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216 (vdb-entry, Not Applicable)
secunia.com/advisories/42109 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/43086 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/45719 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12157 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html (vendor-advisory, Not Applicable)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-4198?: CVE-2010-4198 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2010-11-06.
How severe is CVE-2010-4198?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.