Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU41416

Input validation error in Debian Linux and Google Chrome - CVE-2014-3165

Published: August 13, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU41416

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3165

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger an unexpectedly long lifetime of a temporary object during method completion.

Affected software

Debian Linux
Ubuntu
Google Chrome
liboxideqtcore0 (Ubuntu package)
oxideqt-codecs-extra (Ubuntu package)
oxideqt-codecs (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2014-3165

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

liboxideqtcore0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.0.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
oxideqt-codecs-extra (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.0.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
oxideqt-codecs (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.0.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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