UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3803

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3803

    Published: 21 May 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3803
    Aliases:
    USN-2298-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3803, https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=171373&view=revision, https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=360448, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/05/stable-channel-update_20.html, http://blog.guya.net/2014/04/07/to-listen-without-consent-abusing-the-html5-speech/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2298-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3803

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chromium-browser

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~pkg1029?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.14.04.0~pkg1029

    Affected versions

    29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High