CVE-2010-1236

WebKit <r55822 - XSS

Title source: llm

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.

References (10)

[Exploit] http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=37383

[Patch] http://codereview.chromium.org/858001

[Various Sources] http://flock.com/security/

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/03/stable-channel-update.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/43068

[Patch] http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=41244

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212

[Various Sources] https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35948

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14067

Scores

EPSS 0.0062

EPSS Percentile 69.6%

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (50)

google/chrome < 4.1.249.1035

google/chrome

google/chrome

google/chrome

google/chrome

google/chrome

google/chrome

google/chrome

google/chrome

google/chrome

google/chrome

google/chrome

google/chrome

google/chrome

google/chrome

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Apr 01, 2010

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026