chromium: use-after-free in DOM, fixed in Chrome 38.0.2125.101
Published Oct 8, 2014
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.68%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ProcessingInstruction::setXSLStyleSheet function in core/dom/ProcessingInstruction.cpp in the DOM implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 38.0.2125.101, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
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Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
chromium-browser-0:38.0.2125.101-2.el6_6
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1626
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
webkitgtk
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
webkitgtk3
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | chromium-browser-0:38.0.2125.101-2.el6_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1626 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | webkitgtk | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | webkitgtk3 | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the versions of webkitgtk and webkitgtk3 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 respectively. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.68% (0.01683) | 76.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.67% (0.01669) | 73.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.72% (0.01718) | 80.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.99% (0.03987) | 80.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.72% (0.01718) | 81.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.29% (0.04292) | 92.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 3, 2024 | 4.29% (0.04292) | 92.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 4.26% (0.04264) | 91.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.40% (0.01398) | 84.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/10/stable-channel-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1626.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://support.apple.com/HT204243 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://support.apple.com/HT204245 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://support.apple.com/HT204246 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70273 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031647 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3192 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151395 Issue Tracking
- https://crbug.com/403276 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3192
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=182309&view=revision x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT204949 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3192
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