Code Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <40.0.2214.91-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.82% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-CHROMIUMBROWSER-409475
  • published22 Jan 2015
  • disclosed22 Jan 2015

Introduced: 22 Jan 2015

CVE-2014-7931  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-17  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 chromium-browser to version 40.0.2214.91-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium-browser package and not the chromium-browser package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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