Vulnerability CVE-2014-7942: Information

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.

Severity: HIGH (7.5)

URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7942
Published: Jan. 23, 2015
Modified: Nov. 7, 2023
Error type identifier: CWE-399

Fixed packages

Package name
Branch
Fixed in version
Version from repository
Errata ID
Task #
State
chromiumsisyphus40.0.2214.93-alt1124.0.6367.78-alt1ALT-PU-2015-1098-1139294Fixed
chromiump1040.0.2214.93-alt1119.0.6045.159-alt0.p10.1ALT-PU-2015-1098-1139294Fixed
chromiump940.0.2214.93-alt197.0.4692.99-alt0.p9.1ALT-PU-2015-1098-1139294Fixed
chromiumc10f140.0.2214.93-alt1110.0.5481.177-alt1.p10.1ALT-PU-2015-1098-1139294Fixed
chromiumc9f240.0.2214.93-alt184.0.4147.105-alt1.1.p9ALT-PU-2015-1098-1139294Fixed

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Hyperlink
Resource
62665
    https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=426762
      http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
        62575
          USN-2476-1
            72288
              GLSA-201502-13
                1031623
                  openSUSE-SU-2015:0441
                    RHSA-2015:0093
                      62383

                          1. Configuration 1

                            cpe:2.3:a:chromium:chromium:40.0.2214.110:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

                            Configuration 2

                            cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
                            cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
                            cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
                            cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus:6.6.z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

                            Configuration 3

                            cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
                            End including
                            40.0.2214.85

                            Configuration 4

                            cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
                            cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

                            Configuration 5

                            cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
                            cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
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