CVE-2014-3803

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-05-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The SpeechInput feature in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 35.0.1916.114, allows remote attackers to enable microphone access and obtain speech-recognition text without indication via an INPUT element with a -x-webkit-speech attribute.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 35.0.1916.113; 35.0.1916.0, 35.0.1916.1, 35.0.1916.2, 35.0.1916.3, 35.0.1916.4, 35.0.1916.5 (+73)

References

http://blog.guya.net/2014/04/07/to-listen-without-consent-abusing-the-html5-speech/
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/05/stable-channel-update_20.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60372
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67582
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=360448
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=171373&view=revision
http://blog.guya.net/2014/04/07/to-listen-without-consent-abusing-the-html5-speech/
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/05/stable-channel-update_20.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60372
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67582
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=360448
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=171373&view=revision

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