Code Injection in Google Chrome - CVE-2014-3176
Published: August 27, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41366
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3176
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Google Chrome before 37.0.2062.94 does not properly handle the interaction of extensions, IPC, the sync API, and Google V8, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-3177.
Affected software
Google Chrome
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3176
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/08/stable-channel-update_26.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00027.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60268
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61482
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-16.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3039
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69404
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030767
- https://crbug.com/386988
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95476