Buffer overflow in Debian Linux and Opensuse - CVE-2014-1705
Published: March 16, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41913
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-2014-1705
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
SUSE
SUSE
Affected software:
Debian Linux
Opensuse
Debian Linux
Opensuse
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 33.0.1750.152 on OS X and Linux and before 33.0.1750.154 on Windows, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-1705
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/03/stable-channel-update_14.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/03/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os_14.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00008.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-16.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2883
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=351787