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CVE-2014-7941 json

The SelectionOwner::ProcessTarget function in ui/base/x/selection_owner.cc in the UI implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 us…

published 2015-01-22 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-7791

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

The SelectionOwner::ProcessTarget function in ui/base/x/selection_owner.cc in the UI implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 uses an incorrect data type for a certain length value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted X11 data.

Patch / fix

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1068

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7941

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 40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:0093

  • 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-2014-7941 updated cvss 6.4

chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in UI

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0093

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

1.60% 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
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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