Buffer overflow in Chromium
CVE-2014-7941
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.016 (73.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Chromium — versions 40.0.2214.110
- Google Chrome
- Opensuse — versions 13.1, 13.2
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary — versions 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_supplementary — versions 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus — versions 6.6.z
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary — versions 6.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)