CVE-2014-1715 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1715?

CVE-2014-1715 is a high-severity path traversal 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

Directory traversal vulnerability in Google Chrome before 33.0.1750.152 on OS X and Linux and before 33.0.1750.154 on Windows has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1715?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1715?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2014-1715 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1715 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fhwr-83wg-jjhq.