CVE-2014-7941

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-7941
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerChrome
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-22 22:59:21 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe SelectionOwner::ProcessTarget function in ui/base/x/selection_owner.cc in the UI implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 uses an incorrect data type for a certain length value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted X11 data.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Chromium Chromium 40.0.2214.110 All All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus 6.6.z All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA62383 - Google Chrome Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Issue 697863002: Pass in long to XChangeProperty() instead of an int when using format=32 - Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 codereview.chromium.org
Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Google Chrome Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Google Chrome 40.0.2214.91 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Sign in - Google Accounts af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0441-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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