CVE-2010-2300

Exp

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Element::normalizeAttributes function in dom/Element.cpp in WebCore in WebKit in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors related to handlers for DOM mutation events, aka rdar problem 7948784. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2010-1759.

Published: 2010-06-15 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-2300 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 23.38%, 96th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-2300

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18446 exploit_db edb 2012-02-01 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2300

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-06 26.30% 23.38% -2.93%
2 2025-09-08 31.25% 26.30% -4.95%
3 2025-07-09 — 31.25% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2300

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2300

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2300

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-2300 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (chromium-browser), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, upstream): DNE 4, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2300

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2300

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome < 5.0.375.70 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2300

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