CVE-2010-4042: Google Chrome

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Google Chrome before 7.0.517.41 does not properly handle element maps, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to "stale elements."

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 7.0.517.41 (fixed in 7.0.517.41)
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 11.2 only; version 11.3 only

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