ubuntu-cve-2014-7899
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-11-19 11:59
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

Google Chrome before 38.0.2125.101 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar by placing a blob: substring at the beginning of the URL, followed by the original URI scheme and a long username string.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser",
            "binary_version": "38.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1061"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser-dbg",
            "binary_version": "38.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1061"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser-l10n",
            "binary_version": "38.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1061"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "chromium-chromedriver",
            "binary_version": "38.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1061"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "chromium-chromedriver-dbg",
            "binary_version": "38.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1061"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg",
            "binary_version": "38.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1061"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-dbg",
            "binary_version": "38.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1061"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra",
            "binary_version": "38.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1061"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra-dbg",
            "binary_version": "38.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1061"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "chromium-browser",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/chromium-browser@38.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1061?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "38.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1061"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu2",
        "31.0.1650.63-0ubuntu1~20131204.1",
        "32.0.1700.107-0ubuntu1~20140204.977.1",
        "33.0.1750.152-0ubuntu1~pkg995.1",
        "34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2",
        "36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.14.04.0~pkg1029",
        "37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1042",
        "37.0.2062.120-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1049"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Google Chrome before 38.0.2125.101 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar by placing a blob: substring at the beginning of the URL, followed by the original URI scheme and a long username string.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7899",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:37Z",
  "published": "2014-11-19T11:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7899"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/11/stable-channel-update_18.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/5cfbddc9cc972f5133f26664dbf5810bb569cd04"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=279232\u0026view=revision"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=389734"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7899"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-7899"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:05Z"
}



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