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title: "CVE-2014-3803\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-3803

Publication date 21 May 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

The SpeechInput feature in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before
35.0.1916.114, allows remote attackers to enable microphone access and
obtain speech-recognition text without indication via an INPUT element with
a -x-webkit-speech attribute.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.14.04.0~pkg1029 |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.12.04.0~pkg897 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| oxide-qt | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.0.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3803)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3803)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-3803)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3803)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2298-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2298-1)
+ Oxide vulnerabilities
+ 23 July 2014

### Other references

* <https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=171373&view=revision>
* <https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=360448>
* <http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/05/stable-channel-update_20.html>
* <http://blog.guya.net/2014/04/07/to-listen-without-consent-abusing-the-html5-speech/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3803>
