CVE-2014-3178

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-09-10 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in core/dom/Node.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 37.0.2062.120, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improper handling of render-tree inconsistencies.

Affected products

Google Chrome: 37.0.2062.0, 37.0.2062.1, 37.0.2062.2, 37.0.2062.3, 37.0.2062.4, 37.0.2062.5 (+83)

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/09/stable-channel-update_9.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61446
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-06.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3039
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69709
https://crbug.com/401362
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95815
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=180539&view=revision
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/09/stable-channel-update_9.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61446
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-06.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3039

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