CVE-2014-3159 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2014-3159?

CVE-2014-3159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 20 Jul 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 WebContentsDelegateAndroid::OpenURLFromTab function in components/web_contents_delegate_android/web_contents_delegate_android.cc in Google Chrome before 36.0.1985.122 on Android does not properly restrict URL loading, which allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the Omnibox via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3159?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3159?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3159 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-3159 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3159 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-rc58-5p9r-j263.