CVE-2014-7908

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2014-7908  

Multiple integer overflows in the CheckMov function in media/base/container_names.cc in Google Chrome before 39.0.2171.65 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large atom in (1) MPEG-4 or (2) QuickTime .mov data.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Multiple integer overflows in the CheckMov function in media/base/container_names.cc in Google Chrome before 39.0.2171.65 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large atom in (1) MPEG-4 or (2) QuickTime .mov data.

Find out more about CVE-2014-7908 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of webkitgtk and webkitgtk3 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 respectively.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (chromium-browser) RHSA-2014:1894 2014-11-24

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 webkitgtk3 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 webkitgtk Will not fix

External References