CVE-2014-7926
Description
From CVE.org
The Regular Expressions package in International Components for Unicode (ICU) 52 before SVN revision 292944, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to a zero-length quantifier.
Statement
The flaw is caused because the ICU regular expression compiler is unable to properly handle certain malformed patterns. Because of the way in which this flaw manifests itself, it can only be triggered via untrusted content, which is common for components such as web browsers, in this case, the Chromium browser.
This flaw has been rated moderate for ICU component in Red Hat products, because either it is very difficult to trigger this flaw, or it is unusual to directly pass untrusted parameters to the ICU library.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.8 | 7.5 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network | N/A |
| Access Complexity | Medium | Low | N/A |
| Authentication | None | None | N/A |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial | Partial | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | Partial | Partial | N/A |
| Availability Impact | Partial | Partial | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Integrity
Technical Impact: Modify Memory; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
Write operations could cause memory corruption. In some cases, an adversary can modify control data such as return addresses in order to execute unexpected code.
Availability
Technical Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
Attempting to access out-of-range, invalid, or unauthorized memory could cause the product to crash.
Other
Technical Impact: Unexpected State
Subsequent write operations can produce undefined or unexpected results.
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