CVE-2014-3169 Use after free in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute code via a use-after-free flaw in Chrome's Blink DOM implementation.

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-2014-3169?

CVE-2014-3169 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 27 Aug 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 core/dom/ContainerNode.cpp in the DOM implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 37.0.2062.94, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging script execution that occurs before notification of node removal.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3169?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3169?

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-2014-3169 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3169 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4jvv-q634-8wh6, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3169.

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