Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in modules/speech/SpeechSynthesis.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 33.0.1750.149, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improper handling of a certain utterance data structure.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 7 | chromium-browser | 33.0.1750.152-1~deb7u1 | DSA-2883-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | chromium | 55.0.2883.75-3.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 |
Advisories 3
- DSA-2883-1 chromium-browser - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- DSA-2883 vendor-advisory
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=344881
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/03/stable-channel-update_11.html
- GLSA-201408-16 vendor-advisory
- 1029914 vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0501 vendor-advisory
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=168171&view=revision