CVE-2014-7941

Chromium < 40.0.2214.91 - Denial of Service via Out-of-Bounds Read in SelectionOwner

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/62665
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://codereview.chromium.org/697863002
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/62383

Scores

EPSS 0.0193
EPSS Percentile 83.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (8)
chromium/chromium 40.0.2214.110
google/chrome < 40.0.2214.85
opensuse/opensuse 13.1
opensuse/opensuse 13.2
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_supplementary 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus 6.6.z
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary 6.0
Published Jan 22, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026