CVE-2010-1772: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 9.10 only; version 10.04 only; version 10.10 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 12 only; version 13 only
• Google Chrome: before 5.0.375.70 (fixed in 5.0.375.70)
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 11.2 only; version 11.3 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 6.0 only

Published 2010-09-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.