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title: "CVE-2014-3170\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-3170

Publication date 27 August 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

extensions/common/url\_pattern.cc in Google Chrome before 37.0.2062.94 does
not prevent use of a '\0' character in a host name, which allows remote
attackers to spoof the extension permission dialog by relying on truncation
after this character.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1042 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.12.04.1~pkg909 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| oxide-qt | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [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-2014-3170)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3170)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-3170)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3170)

### Other references

* <https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=285492&view=revision>
* <https://crbug.com/390624>
* <http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/08/stable-channel-update_26.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3170>