Improper Data Handling The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libv8-3.14  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBV8314-355988
  • published22 Jan 2015
  • disclosed22 Jan 2015

Introduced: 22 Jan 2015

CVE-2014-7928  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-19  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libv8-3.14 package and not the libv8-3.14 package as distributed by Debian.

hydrogen.cc in Google V8, as used Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, does not properly handle arrays with holes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code that triggers an array copy.