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CVE-2014-7909 json

effects/SkDashPathEffect.cpp in Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 39.0.2171.65, computes a hash key using uninitialized integer values,…

published 2014-11-19 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-7759

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

effects/SkDashPathEffect.cpp in Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 39.0.2171.65, computes a hash key using uninitialized integer values, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by rendering crafted data.

Patch / fix

  • oxide-qt Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.3.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7909

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1894

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 55.0.2883.75-3.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-7909 updated cvss 6.8

chromium-browser: Uninitialized memory read in Skia

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 39.0.2171.65-2.el6_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1894
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 librsvg2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 librsvg2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 librsvg2, librsvg2-tools
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
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Sources

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