Buffer overflow in Google Chrome
CVE-2014-7947
OpenJPEG before r2944, as used in PDFium in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PDF document, related to j2k.c, jp2.c, pi.c, t1.c, t2.c, and tcd.c.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · 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
- pdfium.googlesource.com/pdfium/+/66d6538c0a97cff550cafdfeaebe8a3f0efbad89
- 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)
- secunia.com/advisories/62383 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-7947?
- CVE-2014-7947 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2015-01-22.
- Is CVE-2014-7947 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.