Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Google V8 SimplifiedLowering::DoLoadBuffer Function

CVE-2014-7927 · HIGH Severity

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

The SimplifiedLowering::DoLoadBuffer function in compiler/simplified-lowering.cc in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, does not properly choose an integer data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

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