CVE-2014-7967 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2014-7967?

CVE-2014-7967 is a high-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

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8 before 3.28.71.15, as used in Google Chrome before 38.0.2125.101, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-7967?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Google V8.

How do I fix CVE-2014-7967?

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-2014-7967 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-7967 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vfmr-398q-3rw6, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7967.