CVE-2014-3175 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2014-3175?

CVE-2014-3175 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Google Chrome, 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

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 37.0.2062.94 allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors, related to the load_truetype_glyph function in truetype/ttgload.c in FreeType and other functions in other components.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3175?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3175?

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-2014-3175 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3175 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-6r8w-w6r7-497f, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3175.