CVE-2010-1766

Off-by-one error in the WebSocketHandshake::readServerHandshake function in websockets/WebSocketHandshake.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r56380, as used in Qt and other products, allows remote websockets servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an upgrade header that is long and invalid.

• CWE-189

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044023.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044031.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40557Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41856Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43068Vendor Advisory
• http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/56380
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1801Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552
• https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36339
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596494
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044023.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044031.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40557Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41856Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43068Vendor Advisory
• http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/56380
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1801Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552
• https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36339
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596494

Published

Jul 22, 2010

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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