CVE-2014-1725
The base64DecodeInternal function in wtf/text/Base64.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 34.0.1847.116, does not properly handle string data composed exclusively of whitespace characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The base64DecodeInternal function in wtf/text/Base64.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 34.0.1847.116, does not properly handle string data composed exclusively of whitespace characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a window.atob method call.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.38% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/04/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00012.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-16.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2905
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=357332
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=170264&view=revision
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/04/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00012.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-16.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2905
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=357332
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=170264&view=revision
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.