FKIE_CVE-2014-7942
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-01-22 22:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:15
Severity
Summary
The Fonts implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 does not initialize memory for a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| chromium | chromium | 40.0.2214.110 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary | 6.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_supplementary | 6.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus | 6.6.z | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary | 6.0 | |
| chrome | * | ||
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.1 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.2 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.10 |
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