CVE-2014-7924 Use after free in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can trigger a use-after-free in Chrome's IndexedDB via duplicate BLOB references, causing denial of service or potential code execution.

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-2014-7924?

CVE-2014-7924 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 22 Jan 2015. 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 the IndexedDB implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering duplicate BLOB references, related to content/browser/indexed_db/indexed_db_callbacks.cc and content/browser/indexed_db/indexed_db_dispatcher_host.cc.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-7924?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2014-7924?

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-2014-7924 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7924 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-6jp9-5rjr-5x66, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7924.

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