CVE-2014-1714 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Google Chrome via clipboard vectors due to missing format verification in ScopedClipboardWriter.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2014-1714?

CVE-2014-1714 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 16 Mar 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The ScopedClipboardWriter::WritePickledData function in ui/base/clipboard/scoped_clipboard_writer.cc in Google Chrome before 33.0.1750.152 on OS X and Linux and before 33.0.1750.154 on Windows does not verify a certain format value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the clipboard.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1714?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1714?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2014-1714 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1714 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-pfmp-3fqm-qphc.

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