Resource management error in Google Chrome - CVE-2014-1740
Published: May 14, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41678
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-2014-1740
CWE-ID: CWE-399
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.
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in net/websockets/websocket_job.cc in the WebSockets implementation in Google Chrome before 34.0.1847.137 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to WebSocketJob deletion.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-1740
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/05/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00023.html
- 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-2930
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67374
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030240
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=358038
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=261707&view=revision