CVE-2014-7928 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the Google V8 JavaScript engine, specifically within the hydrogen.cc component, affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 40.0.2214.91. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts through crafted JavaScript that exploits improper handling of arrays with "holes" during array copy operations. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability garnered some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 40.0.2214.85CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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