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CVE-2010-1236

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2010-04-01 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The protocolIs function in platform/KURLGoogle.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r55822, as used in Google Chrome before 4.1.249.1036 and Flock Browser 3.x before 3.0.0.4112, does not properly handle whitespace at the beginning of a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted javascript: URL, as demonstrated by a \x00javascript:alert sequence.

Affected Platforms

Flock FlockGoogle Chrome

Weakness Type

CWE-79

References