Google Chrome up to 33.0.1750.117 Speech resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome up to 33.0.1750.117. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Speech Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2014-1700. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Google Chrome up to 33.0.1750.117 (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Speech Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in modules/speech/SpeechSynthesis.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 33.0.1750.149, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improper handling of a certain utterance data structure.

The weakness was disclosed 03/11/2014 by Chamal De Silva with Google as Stable Channel Update, March 2014 as confirmed posting (Blogspot). The advisory is shared for download at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-1700 since 01/29/2014. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75318 (openSUSE Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2014:0501-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122901 (Debian Security Update for chromium-browser (DSA 2883-1)).

Upgrading to version 33.0.1750.149 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (91723), Tenable (75318), SecurityFocus (BID 66120†), Secunia (SA57164†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43577†). The entries VDB-12377, VDB-12378, VDB-12379 and VDB-12380 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 75318
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2014:0501-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 702883
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2883-1 (chromium-browser - security update
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 33.0.1750.149
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update, March 2014
Researcher: Chamal De Silva
Organization: Google
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1700 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1700
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12592

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X-Force: 91723 - Google Chrome speech code execution, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 66120 - Google Chrome Prior to 33.0.1750.149 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 57164 - Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1029914
Vulnerability Center: 43577 - Google Chrome Prior to 33.0.1750.149 Remote Code Execution in Speech - CVE-2014-1700, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2014 16:26
Updated: 06/15/2021 14:45
Changes: 03/13/2014 16:26 (88), 05/22/2017 11:10 (6), 06/15/2021 14:45 (4)
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