CVE-2014-7942 — Missing Initialization of a Variable in Google Chrome

CWE-399CWE-456 — Missing Initialization of a Variable7 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.4%
top 15.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
Google ChromeCanonical Ubuntu LinuxChromium+5 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 22
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The Fonts implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 does not initialize memory for a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDgoogle/chrome40.0.2214.85
▶NVDchromium/chromium40.0.2214.110
▶NVDopensuse/opensuse13.1, 13.2+1

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 14.10, Enterprise Linux 6.0, 6.6.z

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-mvfx-7c67-3crp: The Fonts implementation in Google Chrome before 40↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2014-7942: The Fonts implementation in Google Chrome before 40↗2015-01-22
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CVEList
CVE-2014-7942: The Fonts implementation in Google Chrome before 40↗2015-01-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Oxide vulnerabilities↗2015-01-26
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: uninitialized-value in Fonts↗2015-01-21
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-7942 chromium-browser: uninitialized-value in Fonts↗2015-01-23
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