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title: "CVE-2014-7909\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-7909

Publication date 19 November 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

effects/SkDashPathEffect.cpp in Skia, as used in Google Chrome before
39.0.2171.65, computes a hash key using uninitialized integer values, which
might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by rendering
crafted data.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 15.10 wily | Fixed 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu1.1108 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu1.1108 |
| 14.10 utopic | Fixed 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.10.1.1106 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| oxide-qt | 15.10 wily | Fixed 1.3.4-0ubuntu1 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 1.3.4-0ubuntu1 |
| 14.10 utopic | Fixed 1.3.4-0ubuntu0.14.10.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.3.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 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-2014-7909)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7909)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-7909)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7909)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2410-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2410-1)
+ Oxide vulnerabilities
+ 19 November 2014

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7909>
