chromium-browser: out-of-bounds read in UI
Published Jan 22, 2015
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.60%
Description
The SelectionOwner::ProcessTarget function in ui/base/x/selection_owner.cc in the UI implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 uses an incorrect data type for a certain length value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted X11 data.
Affected products
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Configuration 2
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Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
chromium-browser-0:40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0093
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | chromium-browser-0:40.0.2214.91-1.el6_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0093 |
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 (12 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.60% (0.01605) | 74.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.60% (0.01605) | 72.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 20, 2026 | 1.93% (0.01935) | 83.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.23% (0.03231) | 78.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.19% (0.02190) | 83.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.68% (0.01681) | 88.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 18, 2024 | 1.90% (0.01900) | 88.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 1.89% (0.01888) | 87.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.33% (0.02325) | 87.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62383 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62665 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7941 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185221 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=428557 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://codereview.chromium.org/697863002 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7941
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7941
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