CVE-2014-7927

NameCVE-2014-7927
DescriptionThe SimplifiedLowering::DoLoadBuffer function in compiler/simplified-lowering.cc in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, does not properly choose an integer data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs773671

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
chromium-browser (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)57.0.2987.98-1~deb8u1fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch71.0.3578.80-1~deb9u1fixed
libv8-3.14 (PTS)jessie3.14.5.8-8.1vulnerable
stretch3.14.5.8-11vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
chromium-browsersourcesqueeze(unfixed)end-of-life
chromium-browsersourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
chromium-browsersource(unstable)40.0.2214.91-1
libv8-3.14source(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant773671

Notes

libv8 not covered by security support
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