Vulnerability in Google Chrome
CVE-2014-7948
The AppCacheUpdateJob::URLFetcher::OnResponseStarted function in content/browser/appcache/appcache_update_job.cc in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 proceeds with AppCache caching for SSL sessions even if there is an X.509 certificate error, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof HTML5 application content via a crafted certificate.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (70.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: -0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/62665 (third-party-advisory)
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
- secunia.com/advisories/62575 (third-party-advisory)
- codereview.chromium.org/645123003
- 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)
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623 (vdb-entry)
- codereview.chromium.org/725573004
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-7948?
- CVE-2014-7948 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Cryptographic Issues. Published 2015-01-22.
- Is CVE-2014-7948 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.