Information disclosure in Google Chrome - CVE-2014-3803
Published: May 21, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41642
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3803
CWE-ID: CWE-200
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 gain access to sensitive information.
The SpeechInput feature in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 35.0.1916.114, allows remote attackers to enable microphone access and obtain speech-recognition text without indication via an INPUT element with a -x-webkit-speech attribute.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3803
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://blog.guya.net/2014/04/07/to-listen-without-consent-abusing-the-html5-speech/
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/05/stable-channel-update_20.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60372
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67582
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=360448
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=171373&view=revision