--- title: "CVE-2014-1701\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1701?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2014-1701 Publication date 16 March 2014 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The GenerateFunction function in bindings/scripts/code\_generator\_v8.pm in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 33.0.1750.149, does not implement a certain cross-origin restriction for the EventTarget::dispatchEvent function, which allows remote attackers to conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks via vectors involving events. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | chromium-browser | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 33.0.1750.152-0ubuntu0.13.10.1~pkg984.1 | | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 33.0.1750.152-0ubuntu0.12.10.1~pkg895.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 33.0.1750.152-0ubuntu0.12.04.1~pkg879.1 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | | oxide-qt | 13.10 saucy | Not in release | | 12.10 quantal | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1701) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1701) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-1701) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1701) ### Other references * * * *