CVE-2014-3154 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2014-3154?

CVE-2014-3154 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 11 Jun 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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ChildThread::Shutdown function in content/child/child_thread.cc in the filesystem API in Google Chrome before 35.0.1916.153 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to a Blink shutdown.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3154?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3154?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2014-3154 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3154 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-94c4-x3j6-9f29, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3154.