CVE-2010-1772

Use-after-free vulnerability in page/Geolocation.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r59859, as used in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted web site, related to failure to stop timers associated with geolocation upon deletion of a document.

• CWE-416

• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=44868Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.htmlRelease Notes
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40072Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40557Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41856Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43068Broken Link
• http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/59859Mailing List, Patch
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039Broken Link
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1801Broken Link
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722Broken Link
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212Broken Link
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552Broken Link
• https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39388Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596498Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11661Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=44868Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.htmlRelease Notes
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40072Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40557Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41856Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43068Broken Link
• http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/59859Mailing List, Patch
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039Broken Link
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1801Broken Link
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722Broken Link
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212Broken Link
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552Broken Link
• https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39388Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596498Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11661Broken Link, Third Party Advisory

Published

Sep 24, 2010

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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