CVE-2014-7909

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—

Severity5Medium · CVSS 2.0

Exploitation probability1.62 %higher than 76% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitNot knownno public code found

effects/SkDashPathEffect.cpp in Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 39.0.2171.65, computes a hash key using uninitialized integer values, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by rendering crafted data.

CVSS

Base score: 5
Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.62 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 76
Score date: 10/21/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Google — Chrome

CWEs

CWE-189

References

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