Description
The collator implementation in i18n/ucol.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) 52 through SVN revision 293126, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, does not initialize memory for a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted character sequence.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-219-1 | icu security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3187-1 | icu security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2014-7790 | The collator implementation in i18n/ucol.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) 52 through SVN revision 293126, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, does not initialize memory for a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted character sequence. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2476-1 | Oxide vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2522-1 | ICU vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Chrome
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T13:03:27.589Z
Reserved: 2014-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2014-7940
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Status : Modified
Published: 2015-01-22T22:59:20.880
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2014-7940
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN