CVE-2014-7927

Description

The SimplifiedLowering::DoLoadBuffer function in compiler/simplified-lowering.cc in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, does not properly choose an integer data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

References

• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62383
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62575
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62665
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1
• https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=444695
• https://codereview.chromium.org/824843002
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62383
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62575
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62665
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1
• https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=444695
• https://codereview.chromium.org/824843002

CWEs

CWE-189