UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7931

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7931

    Published: 22 Jan 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-7931
    Aliases:
    USN-2476-1

    Summary:

    Details: factory.cc in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code that triggers improper maintenance of backing-store pointers.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7931, https://codereview.chromium.org/813023002, https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=442710, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2476-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7931

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chromium-browser

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1068

    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