CVE-2014-3189

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-10-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The chrome_pdf::CopyImage function in pdf/draw_utils.cc in the PDFium component in Google Chrome before 38.0.2125.101 does not properly validate image-data dimensions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 38.0.2125.7
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus: 6.6.z
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary: 6.0

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/10/stable-channel-update.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1626.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70273
https://codereview.chromium.org/519873002/
https://crbug.com/398384
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/10/stable-channel-update.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1626.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70273
https://codereview.chromium.org/519873002/
https://crbug.com/398384

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