CVE-2014-7939

chromium-browser: same-origin-bypass in V8

Severity Score

9.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, when the Harmony proxy in Google V8 is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via crafted JavaScript code with Proxy.create and console.log calls, related to HTTP responses that lack an "X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff" header.

Google Chrome anterior aq 40.0.2214.91, cuando el proxy Harmony en Google V8 está habilitado, permite a atacantes remotos evadir Same Origin Policy a través de código JavaScript manipulado con llamadas Proxy.create y console.log, relacionado con respuestas HTTP a que les falta una cabecera'X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff'.

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit. Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Chromium.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-10-06 CVE Reserved
2015-01-22 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://secunia.com/advisories/62383	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62665	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623	Vdb Entry
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=399951	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html	2023-11-07
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html	2023-11-07
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7939	2015-01-27
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185219	2015-01-27

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Google Search vendor "Google"		Chrome Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome"				<= 40.0.2214.85 Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome" and version " <= 40.0.2214.85"		-		Affected
Chromium Search vendor "Chromium"		Chromium Search vendor "Chromium" for product "Chromium"				40.0.2214.110 Search vendor "Chromium" for product "Chromium" and version "40.0.2214.110"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus"				6.6.z Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus" and version "6.6.z"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2"		-		Affected