CVE-2010-4040: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Google Chrome before 7.0.517.41 does not properly handle animated GIF images, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Google Chrome: before 7.0.517.41 (fixed in 7.0.517.41)
• Opensuse Opensuse: from 11.2, up to and including 11.3

Published 2010-10-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.