CVE-2014-7948
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.36% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-310
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62383
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62575
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62665
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=414026
- https://codereview.chromium.org/579593003
- https://codereview.chromium.org/645123003
- https://codereview.chromium.org/725573004
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62383
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62575
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62665
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=414026
- https://codereview.chromium.org/579593003
- https://codereview.chromium.org/645123003
- https://codereview.chromium.org/725573004
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.