CVE-2014-7906

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Pepper plugins in Google Chrome before 39.0.2171.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Flash content that triggers an attempted PepperMediaDeviceManager access outside of the object's lifetime.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.13% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031241 vdb entry
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=423030
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1894.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60194 third party advisory
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/3a2cf7d1376ae33054b878232fb38b8fbed29e31
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98794 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71159 vdb entry
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/11/stable-channel-update_18.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-7906?
CVE-2014-7906 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-7906?
To fix CVE-2014-7906, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-7906 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-7906 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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