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CVE-2014-7939

Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, when the Harmony proxy in Google V8 is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via crafted JavaScript code with Proxy.create and console.log calls, related to HTTP responses that lack an "X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff" header.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-7939 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 7 products from google, from chromium, from redhat and 4 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2015, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.

Published

2015-01-22T22:59:20.117

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	google	chrome	≤ 40.0.2214.85	Yes
Application	chromium	chromium	40.0.2214.110	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_supplementary	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus	6.6.z	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary	6.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/62383 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/62665 ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623 ([email protected])
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=399951 ([email protected])
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0093.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/62383 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/62665 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=399951 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For google's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.