chromium-browser: caching error in AppCache
Published Jan 22, 2015
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.36%
Description
The AppCacheUpdateJob::URLFetcher::OnResponseStarted function in content/browser/appcache/appcache_update_job.cc in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 proceeds with AppCache caching for SSL sessions even if there is an X.509 certificate error, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof HTML5 application content via a crafted certificate.
Affected products
No data.
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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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.36% (0.01356) | 70.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.42% (0.01420) | 69.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.57% (0.00569) | 66.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.73% (0.00735) | 81.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 28, 2024 | 0.84% (0.00836) | 82.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 7, 2024 | 1.18% (0.01182) | 84.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 16, 2024 | 1.67% (0.01668) | 87.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 1.49% (0.01494) | 85.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 12, 2023 | 5.59% (0.05586) | 92.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 9.13% (0.09125) | 94.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 29, 2023 | 0.13% (0.00128) | 47.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00138) | 47.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- 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/62575 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
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7948 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185230 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=414026 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://codereview.chromium.org/579593003 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://codereview.chromium.org/645123003 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://codereview.chromium.org/725573004 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7948
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7948
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