5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2014-7941
Google Chrome Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability
Description

The SelectionOwner::ProcessTarget function in ui/base/x/selection_owner.cc in the UI implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 uses an incorrect data type for a certain length value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted X11 data.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 22, 2015, 10:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:22 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-7941 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus
4 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary
1 Google chrome
1 Opensuse opensuse
1 Chromium chromium

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-7941 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-7941 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome http://secunia.com/advisories/62665 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=428557 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://codereview.chromium.org/697863002 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://secunia.com/advisories/62383 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://codereview.chromium.org/697863002
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=428557
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://secunia.com/advisories/62665
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://secunia.com/advisories/62383
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62665 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62383 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 30, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:40.0.2214.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:chromium:chromium:40.0.2214.110:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus:6.6.z:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:40.0.2214.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 12, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 10, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 21, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 24, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:40.0.2214.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type https://codereview.chromium.org/697863002 No Types Assigned https://codereview.chromium.org/697863002 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=428557 No Types Assigned https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=428557 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html No Types Assigned http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 23, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.68 }} -0.22%

score

0.87987

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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