Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 22, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-7940
CVE-2014-7940
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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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:icu-project:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:c\/c\+\+:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:icu-project:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:c\/c\+\+:*:*range: <=52.1
- (no CPE)range: 52 to SVN 293126
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
18- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0047.htmlnvd
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62383nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62575nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62665nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1nvd
- chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/deps/icu/+/866ff696e9022a6000afbab516fba62cfa306075nvd
- chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/87feb77547781a22b31c423bc0d57b7dca32d5b8nvd
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detailnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-06nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.htmlnvd
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