Buffer overflow in Google Chrome
CVE-2014-9654
The Regular Expressions package in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ before 2014-12-03, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, calculates certain values without ensuring that they can be represented in a 24-bit field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, a related issue to CVE-2014-7923.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/11371 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/deps/icu/+/dd727641e190d60e4593bcb3a35c7f51e… (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035410 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-06 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/36801 (Issue Tracking)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/05/15 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-9654?
- CVE-2014-9654 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-24.
- How severe is CVE-2014-9654?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2014-9654 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.