CVE-2014-3193 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2014-3193?

CVE-2014-3193 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 8 Oct 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 SessionService::GetLastSession function in browser/sessions/session_service.cc in Google Chrome before 38.0.2125.101 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that leverage "type confusion" for callback processing.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3193?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3193?

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-2014-3193 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3193 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome

• CVE-2022-4135 Google Chromium GPU Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16017 Google Chrome Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2020-16010 Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-85046 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-59mv-f2pf-cr57, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3193.