UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7938

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7938

    Published: 22 Jan 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-7938
    Aliases:
    USN-2476-1

    Summary:

    Details: The Fonts implementation 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 unknown vectors.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7938, https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=416323, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2476-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7938

    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