CVE-2014-7935

7.5 · HIGH

Published Jan 22, 2015 google EPSS 1.60% (74th pctl) AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Overview

CVE-2014-7935 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting google chrome. 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

Use-after-free vulnerability in browser/speech/tts_message_filter.cc in the Speech implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving utterances from a closed tab.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from google. Update chrome 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
google	chrome	0	Affected

References

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/62665 Ref security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml Ref www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288 Ref www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623 Ref code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=402957 Ref codereview.chromium.org/692203002

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2014-7935?

CVE-2014-7935 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting google chrome. It was published on January 22, 2015 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2014-7935?

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-2014-7935?

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