CVE-2014-7933 Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1068


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.91% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-CHROMIUMBROWSER-408749
  • published22 Jan 2015
  • disclosed22 Jan 2015

Introduced: 22 Jan 2015

CVE-2014-7933  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 chromium-browser to version 40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1068 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the matroska_read_seek function in libavformat/matroskadec.c in FFmpeg before 2.5.1, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Matroska file that triggers improper maintenance of tracks data.

CVSS Scores

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