CVE-2014-1701

medium

Description

The GenerateFunction function in bindings/scripts/code_generator_v8.pm in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 33.0.1750.149, does not implement a certain cross-origin restriction for the EventTarget::dispatchEvent function, which allows remote attackers to conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks via vectors involving events.

References

https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=166999&view=revision

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=342618

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029914

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2883

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-16.xml

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00008.html

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/03/stable-channel-update_11.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-03-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium