CVE-2010-4494

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    CVE-2010-4494

    Published: 7 Dec 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Double free vulnerability in libxml2 2.7.8 and other versions, as used in Google Chrome before 8.0.552.215 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to XPath handling.

    References: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=63444, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/stable-beta-channel-updates.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00003.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055775.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0217.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/40775, http://secunia.com/advisories/42472, http://secunia.com/advisories/42721, http://secunia.com/advisories/42762, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4554, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581, http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2137, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:260, http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-4008_CVE-2010-4494.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1749.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3319, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3336, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11916, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00003.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00000.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html, http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=63444, http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=63444, http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=63444, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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