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CVE-2010-1236

Published: Apr 1, 2010Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79
4.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.3%
Top 31.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

The protocolIs function in platform/KURLGoogle.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r55822, as used in Google Chrome before 4.1.249.1036 and Flock Browser 3.x before 3.0.0.4112, does not properly handle whitespace at the beginning of a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted javascript: URL, as demonstrated by a \x00javascript:alert sequence.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

google
commercial·USaka google inc, google llc
chromeOn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
flock
oss-project
flockOn-prem
Communications / messaging-chat
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
secunia.com
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=41244
src.chromium.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
vupen.com
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