CVE-2014-7909 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Skia's effects/SkDashPathEffect.cpp, affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 39.0.2171.65. The flaw stems from the computation of a hash key using uninitialized integer values, which could be triggered by remote attackers rendering crafted data. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, but only leading to a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 39.0.2171.45CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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