CVE-2014-7935 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2014-7935?

CVE-2014-7935 is a high-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 browser/speech/tts_message_filter.cc in the Speech implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving utterances from a closed tab.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-7935?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2014-7935?

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-2014-7935 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7935 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-rj2h-jjjq-4f7r, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7935.