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CVE-2014-7933 Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu1.1120

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.91% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-408757
  • published 22 Jan 2015
  • disclosed 22 Jan 2015
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Introduced: 22 Jan 2015

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How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu1.1120 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:18.04 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.

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CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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Red Hat

6.3 medium