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Status published
Medium
CVE-2014-7941
The SelectionOwner::ProcessTarget function in ui/base/x/selection_owner.cc in the UI implementation in...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62665
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=428557
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
- https://codereview.chromium.org/697863002
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62383
Affected Vendor
chromium
View all reports →Affected Software
chromium, enterprise linux desktop supplementary, enterprise linux server supplementary, enterprise linux server supplementary eus, enterprise linux workstation supplementary, chrome, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
40.0.2214.110, 6.0, 6.6.z, 0, 13.1, 13.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 22nd, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.