CVE-2014-7941
Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
The 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.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Base score: 5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.60%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 75
- Score date: 10/7/2026
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 (7)
CWEs
- CWE-119
References
- 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/62665
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=428557
- https://codereview.chromium.org/697863002
- 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/62665
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=428557
- https://codereview.chromium.org/697863002
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