CVE-2014-3196

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% 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

base/memory/shared_memory_win.cc in Google Chrome before 38.0.2125.101 on Windows does not properly implement read-only restrictions on shared memory, which allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 38.0.2125.7

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/10/stable-channel-update.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70273
https://crbug.com/338538
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=285195&view=revision
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=288152&view=revision
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/10/stable-channel-update.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70273
https://crbug.com/338538
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=285195&view=revision
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=288152&view=revision

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