| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 6.4 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Google Chrome 38.0.2125.7. This affects an unknown part of the component PDFium. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-3198. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome 38.0.2125.7 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component PDFium. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was shared 10/07/2014 by Atte Kettunen (Cloudfuzzer) with OUSPG as Stable Channel Update, October 2014 as confirmed release notes (Website). The advisory is shared for download at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-3198 since 05/03/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 02/21/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78104 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (d2bbcc01-4ec3-11e4-ab3f-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 167363 (OpenSuSE Security Update for chromium (openSUSE-SU-2014:1378-1)).
Upgrading to version 38.0.2125.101 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The release notes contains the following remark:
This update includes 159 security fixes, including 113 relatively minor fixes found using MemorySanitizer.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (96967), Tenable (78104), SecurityFocus (BID 70273†), SecurityTracker (ID 1030980†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-46404†). chromium.googlesource.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-67774, VDB-67775, VDB-67776 and VDB-67777 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
Product
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.google.com/
- Product: https://www.google.com/chrome/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Unproven
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Nessus ID: 78104
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (d2bbcc01-4ec3-11e4-ab3f-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 802470
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities - 01 Oct14 (Windows)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Chrome 38.0.2125.101
Timeline
05/03/2014 🔍10/07/2014 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: google.comProduct: google.com
Advisory: Stable Channel Update, October 2014
Researcher: Atte Kettunen (Cloudfuzzer)
Organization: OUSPG
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-3198 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-3198
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67784
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X-Force: 96967 - Google Chrome PDFium information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 70273 - Google Chrome Prior to 38.0.2125.101 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1030980 - Google Chrome Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Information
Vulnerability Center: 46404 - Google Chrome Remote DoS due to Out-of-Bounds Read in the PDFium Component - CVE-2014-3198, Medium
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Entry
Created: 10/13/2014 12:15Updated: 02/21/2022 18:15
Changes: 10/13/2014 12:15 (85), 06/08/2017 09:14 (9), 02/21/2022 18:08 (3), 02/21/2022 18:15 (1)
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