Input validation error in Google Chrome - CVE-2014-3178
Published: September 10, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41344
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3178
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome
Google Chrome
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Use-after-free vulnerability in core/dom/Node.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 37.0.2062.120, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improper handling of render-tree inconsistencies. <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a>
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3178
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/09/stable-channel-update_9.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61446
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-06.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3039
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69709
- https://crbug.com/401362
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95815
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=180539&view=revision