Unverified Format Value Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2014-1714 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The ScopedClipboardWriter::WritePickledData function in ui/base/clipboard/scoped_clipboard_writer.cc in Google Chrome before 33.0.1750.152 on OS X and Linux and before 33.0.1750.154 on Windows does not verify a certain format value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the clipboard.

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