CVE-2014-7935

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in browser/speech/tts_message_filter.cc in the Speech implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving utterances from a closed tab.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.13% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/62665	third party advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288	vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml	vendor advisory
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=402957
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623	vdb entry
https://codereview.chromium.org/692203002
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62383	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-7935?: CVE-2014-7935 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-7935?: To fix CVE-2014-7935, 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-2014-7935 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2014-7935 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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