CVE-2014-7942

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The Fonts implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 does not initialize memory for a data structure, which all

The Fonts implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 does not initialize memory for a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.02662

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules7 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

chromiumall versions
redhat enterprise linux desktop supplementaryall versions
redhat enterprise linux server supplementaryall versions
redhat enterprise linux server supplementary eusall versions
redhat enterprise linux workstation supplementaryall versions
google chrome<= 40.0.2214.85
opensuseall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions

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Sigma Hunt Rules

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

producthighPotential Data Stealing Via Chromium Headless Debugging

producthighSQLite Chromium Profile Data DB Access

producthighChromium Browser Headless Execution To Mockbin Like Site

producthighSuspicious Chromium Browser Instance Executed With Custom Extension

productmediumChromium Browser Instance Executed With Custom Extension

producthighRunning Chrome VPN Extensions via the Registry 2 VPN Extension

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productmediumPotential Chrome Frame Helper DLL Sideloading

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Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · chrome-cve-admin@google.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD22 Jan 2015 · 10:59 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1
usnUSN-2476-1
rhsaRHSA-2015:0093Important

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/62383

http://secunia.com/advisories/62575

http://secunia.com/advisories/62665

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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=426762

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