CVE-2014-3172

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-08-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Debugger extension API in browser/extensions/api/debugger/debugger_api.cc in Google Chrome before 37.0.2062.94 does not validate a tab's URL before an attach operation, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access limitations via an extension that uses a restricted URL, as demonstrated by a chrome:// URL.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 37.0.2062.93; 37.0.2062.0, 37.0.2062.1, 37.0.2062.2, 37.0.2062.3, 37.0.2062.4, 37.0.2062.5 (+75)

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/08/stable-channel-update_26.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00027.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60268
http://secunia.com/advisories/61482
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-16.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3039
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69401
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030767
https://crbug.com/367567
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95472
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=280354&view=revision
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/08/stable-channel-update_26.html

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