CVE-2014-7899
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
Google Chrome before 38.0.2125.101 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar by placing a blob: substring at the beginning of the URL, followed by the original URI scheme and a long username string.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| chrome | {"endIncluding":"38.0.2125.7"} | |
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/11/stable-channel-update_18.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1894.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60194
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71160
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031241
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=389734
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98787
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=279232&view=revision
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/11/stable-channel-update_18.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1894.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60194
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71160
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031241
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=389734
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98787
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=279232&view=revision
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.