chromium: OOB reads in PDFium fixed in Chrome 38.0.2125.101
Published Oct 8, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.26%
Description
The Instance::HandleInputEvent function in pdf/instance.cc in the PDFium component in Google Chrome before 38.0.2125.101 interprets a certain -1 value as an index instead of a no-visible-page error code, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
No data.
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
chromium-browser-0:38.0.2125.101-2.el6_6
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1626
| 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 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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:N/I:N/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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.26% (0.01262) | 68.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.25% (0.01251) | 65.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.89% (0.00887) | 73.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 86.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 83.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.88% (0.00882) | 80.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/10/stable-channel-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1626.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70273 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3198 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151368 Issue Tracking
- https://codereview.chromium.org/560133004 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/415307 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3198
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3198
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/10/stable-channel-update.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1626.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70273 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3198 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151368 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://codereview.chromium.org/560133004 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/415307 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3198 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3198 |
Change history (0)
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