CVE-2014-1733

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-04-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The PointerCompare function in codegen.cc in Seccomp-BPF, as used in Google Chrome before 34.0.1847.131 on Windows and OS X and before 34.0.1847.132 on Linux, does not properly merge blocks, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions by leveraging renderer access.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 34.0.1847.131; before 34.0.1847.132 — fixed in 34.0.1847.131, 34.0.1847.132

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 34.0.1847.131, 34.0.1847.132. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/04/stable-channel-update_24.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00049.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00050.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/58301
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-16.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2920
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=351103
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=260157&view=revision
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/04/stable-channel-update_24.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00049.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00050.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/58301

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