Google Chrome 39.0.2171.45 PDFium numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Chrome 39.0.2171.45. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component PDFium. The manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-7901. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome 39.0.2171.45 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component PDFium. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 11/18/2014 by Cloudfuzzer as Stable Channel Update, November 2014 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at googlechromereleases.blogspot.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-7901 since 10/06/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79320 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (d395e44f-6f4f-11e4-a444-00262d5ed8ee)), 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 167318 (OpenSuSE Security Update for chromium (openSUSE-SU-2014:1626-1)).

Upgrading to version 39.0.2171.65 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at chrome.google.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (98789), Tenable (79320), SecurityFocus (BID 71158†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031241†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-47162†). The entries VDB-68235, VDB-68236, VDB-68238 and VDB-68242 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 79320
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (d395e44f-6f4f-11e4-a444-00262d5ed8ee)
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OpenVAS ID: 802490
OpenVAS Name: Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities - 01 November14 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 39.0.2171.65

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: Stable Channel Update, November 2014
Researcher: Cloudfuzzer
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-7901 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-7901
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68237
X-Force: 98789 - Google Chrome pdfium integer overflow, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 71158 - Google Chrome CVE-2014-7901 Integer Overflow Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1031241 - Google Chrome Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Information
Vulnerability Center: 47162 - Google Chrome Prior to 39.0.2171.65 Remote Host Privilege due to Integer Overflow- CVE-2014-7901, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/19/2014 11:27
Updated: 02/25/2022 03:23
Changes: 11/19/2014 11:27 (82), 06/12/2017 08:28 (2), 02/25/2022 03:16 (3), 02/25/2022 03:23 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:0A3:103

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