Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2014-1743
Published: May 21, 2014 / Updated: February 8, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41643
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1743
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing crafted JavaScript code that triggers tree mutation. A remote attackers can cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
Affected software
Google Chrome
How to mitigate CVE-2014-1743
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/05/stable-channel-update_20.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00023.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58920
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59155
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60372
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-16.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2939
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030270
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=356653
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=170702&view=revision