Code Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu1.1120
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-409485
- published 22 Jan 2015
- disclosed 22 Jan 2015
Introduced: 22 Jan 2015
CVE-2014-7931 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-7931
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=442710
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7931
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
- https://codereview.chromium.org/813023002
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62383
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62575
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62665
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1