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A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome 40.0.2214.85 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Fonts. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 01/21/2015 by Christian Holler (miaubiz) with Google as Stable Channel Update, January 2015 as confirmed release notes (Blog). It is possible to read the advisory at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-7946 since 10/06/2014. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195844 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Oxide-qt Vulnerabilities (USN-2476-1)).
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 (100317) and Tenable (80898). Further details are available at chromium.googlesource.com. The entries 68824, 68825, 68826 and 68827 are pretty similar.
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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 (miaubiz)
Organization: Google
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-7946 (🔍)
X-Force: 100317 - Google Chrome Fonts information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1031623 - Google Chrome Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 48214 - Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 Remote DoS or Other Impact - CVE-2014-7946, Medium
SecurityFocus: 72288 - Google Chrome 40.0.2214.91 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 62575 - Ubuntu update for oxide-qt, Highly Critical
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Entry
Created: 01/27/2015 09:42Updated: 03/07/2022 06:27
Changes: 01/27/2015 09:42 (82), 06/18/2017 09:31 (12), 03/07/2022 06:16 (3), 03/07/2022 06:27 (1)
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