CVE-2014-7942 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2014-7942?

CVE-2014-7942 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, 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 Fonts implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 does not initialize memory for a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-7942?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Chromium Chromium, Google Chrome, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-7942?

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-2014-7942 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7942 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-mvfx-7c67-3crp, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7942.