medium5.0

CVE-2014-7941

The SelectionOwner::ProcessTarget function in ui/base/x/selection_owner.cc in the UI implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 uses an incorrect data…

Impact

The SelectionOwner::ProcessTarget function in ui/base/x/selection_owner.cc in the UI implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 uses an incorrect data type for a certain length value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted X11 data.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Chromium	Chromium	Version 40.0.2214.110
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary	Version 6.0
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary	Version 6.0
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus	Version 6.6.z
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary	Version 6.0
Google	Chrome	through 40.0.2214.85
Opensuse	Opensuse	Versions 13.1, 13.2

Weakness classification

CWE-119

References

NVD record
CVE.org record
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
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/62665
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=428557
https://codereview.chromium.org/697863002
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
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/62665
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=428557
https://codereview.chromium.org/697863002