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A vulnerability has been found in Google Chrome 40.0.2214.85 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component PDFium. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was published 01/21/2015 by Christian Holler (Cloudfuzzer) with Google as Stable Channel Update, January 2015 as confirmed release notes (Blog). The advisory is shared at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-7944 since 10/06/2014. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80898 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (e30e0c99-a1b7-11e4-b85c-00262d5ed8ee)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks.
Upgrading to version 40.0.2214.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The release notes contains the following remark:
This update includes 62 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed by external researchers.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (100315) and Tenable (80898). Additional details are provided at chromium.googlesource.com.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 80898
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (e30e0c99-a1b7-11e4-b85c-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 803400
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities -02 Jan15 (Windows)
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Upgrade: Chrome 40.0.2214.0
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Sources
Vendor: google.comProduct: google.com
Advisory: Stable Channel Update, January 2015
Researcher: Christian Holler (Cloudfuzzer)
Organization: Google
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-7944 (🔍)
X-Force: 100315 - Google Chrome PDFium information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1031623 - Google Chrome Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 48212 - Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 Remote DoS or Other Impact - CVE-2014-7944, Medium
SecurityFocus: 72288 - Google Chrome 40.0.2214.91 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 62383 - Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
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Entry
Created: 01/27/2015 09:42Updated: 03/06/2022 04:33
Changes: 01/27/2015 09:42 (80), 06/18/2017 09:30 (12), 03/06/2022 04:20 (3), 03/06/2022 04:33 (1)
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