Vulnerability identifier: #VU41909

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1700

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Google Chrome
Client/Desktop applications / Web browsers

Vendor: Google

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Use-after-free vulnerability in modules/speech/SpeechSynthesis.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 33.0.1750.149, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improper handling of a certain utterance data structure.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Google Chrome: 33.0.1750.0 - 33.0.1750.144

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External links
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/03/stable-channel-update_11.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00008.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-16.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2883
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029914
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=344881
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=168171&view=revision

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.