Vulnerability in Google Chrome
CVE-2014-7927
The SimplifiedLowering::DoLoadBuffer function in compiler/simplified-lowering.cc in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, does not properly choose an integer data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.042 (90.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.042 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/62665 (third-party-advisory)
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
- secunia.com/advisories/62575 (third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288 (vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623 (vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-7927?
- CVE-2014-7927 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under CWE-189. Published 2015-01-22.
- Is CVE-2014-7927 known to be exploited?
- 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.