Vulnerability Details : CVE-2014-7940
The collator implementation in i18n/ucol.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) 52 through SVN revision 293126, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, does not initialize memory for a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted character sequence.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2014-7940
- cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:icu-project:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:c\/c\+\+:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-7940
4.26%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 92 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2014-7940
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7.5
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
10.0
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6.4
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2014-7940
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2014-7940
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https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=433866
433866 - Use-of-uninitialized-value in getNextNormalizedChar - chromium - MonorailVendor Advisory
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0441-1: important: Security updateThird Party Advisory
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https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/deps/icu/+/866ff696e9022a6000afbab516fba62cfa306075
866ff696e9022a6000afbab516fba62cfa306075 - chromium/deps/icu - Git at GooglePatch
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - April 2015Third Party Advisory
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
Google Chrome Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Deny Service - SecurityTrackerThird Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0047.html
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0047 - Updated icu packages fix security vulnerabilitiesThird Party Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
Google Chrome 40.0.2214.91 Multiple Security VulnerabilitiesThird Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-06
ICU: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201503-06) — Gentoo securityThird Party Advisory
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1
USN-2476-1: Oxide vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security noticesThird Party Advisory
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
RHSA-2015:0093 - Security Advisory - Red Hat Customer PortalThird Party Advisory
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https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
Oracle Critical Patch Update - April 2019
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http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
Chrome Releases: Stable Channel UpdateVendor Advisory
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201502-13) — Gentoo securityThird Party Advisory
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2015Third Party Advisory
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https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/87feb77547781a22b31c423bc0d57b7dca32d5b8
87feb77547781a22b31c423bc0d57b7dca32d5b8 - chromium/src.git - Git at GooglePatch
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