CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-3165

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Web Sockets implementation in Blink, used in Google Chrome before version 36.0.1985.143, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger an unexpectedly long lifetime of a temporary object during method completion.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to attacks that lead to denial of service, affecting the availability of web applications. Additionally, there is a risk of unspecified impacts that could affect data security.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Google Chrome to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability. Regular software updates are crucial for maintaining system security.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Use-after-free vulnerability in modules/websockets/WorkerThreadableWebSocketChannel.cpp in the Web Sockets implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 36.0.1985.143, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger an unexpectedly long lifetime of a temporary object during method completion.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS