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title: "CVE-2010-2302\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-2302

Publication date 15 June 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebCore in WebKit in Google Chrome before
5.0.375.70 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory
corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving remote
fonts in conjunction with shadow DOM trees, aka rdar problem 8007953.
NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2010-1771.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2302?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

webkit is CVE-2010-1771

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2302)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2302)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2302)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2302)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2302>