Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 22, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-7948
CVE-2014-7948
Description
The AppCacheUpdateJob::URLFetcher::OnResponseStarted function in content/browser/appcache/appcache_update_job.cc in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 proceeds with AppCache caching for SSL sessions even if there is an X.509 certificate error, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof HTML5 application content via a crafted certificate.
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References
14- 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.securityfocus.com/bid/72288nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1nvd
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detailnvd
- codereview.chromium.org/579593003nvd
- codereview.chromium.org/645123003nvd
- codereview.chromium.org/725573004nvd
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