Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the V8 bindings in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 37.0.2062.94, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improper use of HashMap add operations instead of HashMap set operations, related to bindings/core/v8/DOMWrapperMap.h and bindings/core/v8/SerializedScriptValue.cpp.
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 | 37.0.2062.120-1~deb7u1 | DSA-3039-1 |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | chromium-browser | 37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1042 | — |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | oxide-qt | 1.1.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | USN-2326-1 |
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 4
- DSA-3039-1 chromium-browser - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- USN-2326-1 oxide-qt vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Feb 10, 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
- google-chrome-cve20143171-code-exec(95471) vdb-entry
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/08/stable-channel-update_26.html
- 69406 vdb-entry
- 60424 third-party-advisory
- 61482 third-party-advisory
- GLSA-201408-16 vendor-advisory
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=178823&view=revision
- openSUSE-SU-2014:1151 vendor-advisory
- 60268 third-party-advisory
- 1030767 vdb-entry
- https://crbug.com/390928
- DSA-3039 vendor-advisory