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title: "CVE-2010-3257\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-3257

Publication date 7 September 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before
4.1.3 and 5.0.x before 5.0.3, Google Chrome before 6.0.472.53, and
webkitgtk before 1.2.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving
element focus.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3257?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 6.0.472.53~r57914-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 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 |
| qt4-x11 | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |
| webkit | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 1.2.5-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.2.5-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 1.2.5-0ubuntu0.9.10.1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3257?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

qt4-x11 unmaintained upstream (see README.webkit for details)
webkit is a fork of khtml from kdelibs. kdelibs5 is farther from
it, while qt4-x11 attempts to unify khtml and webkit.

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

webkitkde is a wrapper around qt4-x11's webkit.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| webkit | * Upstream:   <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/65748> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3257)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3257)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-3257)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3257)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3257>