Cross-site scripting in Debian Linux and Opensuse - CVE-2014-1716

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Cross-site scripting in Debian Linux and Opensuse - CVE-2014-1716

Published: April 9, 2014 / Updated: November 20, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41844
CSH Severity: Low
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:A/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1716
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: Debian
SUSE
Affected software:
Debian Linux
Opensuse

Detailed vulnerability description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in the Runtime_SetPrototype function in runtime.cc in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 34.0.1847.116,. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


How to mitigate CVE-2014-1716

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

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