CVE-2014-3199 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Google Chrome by triggering a worker process stop via specific event handling vectors.
- 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-2014-3199?
CVE-2014-3199 is a medium-severity denial of service 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 wrap function in bindings/core/v8/custom/V8EventCustom.cpp in the V8 bindings in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 38.0.2125.101, has an erroneous fallback outcome for wrapper-selection failures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors that trigger stopping a worker process that had been handling an Event object.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3199?
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-2014-3199?
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-2014-3199 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3199 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w9mh-2q5f-prgq, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3199.