CVE-2014-7941 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted X11 data due to an out-of-bounds read in Chrome's selection handling.
- 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-2014-7941?
CVE-2014-7941 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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
The SelectionOwner::ProcessTarget function in ui/base/x/selection_owner.cc in the UI implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 uses an incorrect data type for a certain length value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted X11 data.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-7941?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Chromium Chromium, Google Chrome, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2014-7941?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2014-7941 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7941 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6877-256j-g6q4, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7941.