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title: "CVE-2014-7941\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-7941

Publication date 22 January 2015

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 SelectionOwner::ProcessTarget function in ui/base/x/selection\_owner.cc
in the UI implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 uses an
incorrect data type for a certain length value, which allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted X11
data.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7941?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 15.10 wily | Fixed 40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu1.1120 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu1.1120 |
| 14.10 utopic | Fixed 40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.10.1.1110 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1068 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| oxide-qt | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 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)

## Notes

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### [chrisccoulson](https://launchpad.net/~chrisccoulson)

The code is not used in Oxide

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7941)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7941)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-7941)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7941)

### Other references

* <https://codereview.chromium.org/697863002>
* <https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=428557>
* <http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7941>