CVE-2014-7923

7.5 · HIGH

Published Jan 22, 2015 redhat CWE-17 EPSS 2.22% (81th pctl) AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Overview

CVE-2014-7923 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting redhat enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary. It was published on January 22, 2015 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical Description

The Regular Expressions package in International Components for Unicode (ICU) 52 before SVN revision 292944, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to a look-behind expression.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from redhat. Update enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
icu-project	international_components_for_unicode	>= 0, < 55.1	Affected
google	chrome	0	Affected

References

Ref advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0047.html Ref bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/11370 Ref googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html Ref lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html Ref rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html Ref secunia.com/advisories/62383 Ref secunia.com/advisories/62575 Ref secunia.com/advisories/62665 Ref security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml Ref www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2014-7923?

CVE-2014-7923 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting redhat enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary. It was published on January 22, 2015 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2014-7923?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2014-7923?

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