CVE-2014-7929 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the HTMLScriptElement::didMoveToNewDocument function within the Blink DOM implementation, 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 by manipulating SCRIPT element movement across documents. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| 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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