CVE-2014-7948
The AppCacheUpdateJob::URLFetcher::OnResponseStarted function in content/browser/appcache/appcache_update_job.cc in Google Chrome before…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Chrome
Description
The AppCacheUpdateJob::URLFetcher::OnResponseStarted function in content/browser/appcache/appcache_update_job.cc in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 proceeds with AppCache caching for SSL sessions even if there is an X.509 certificate error, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof HTML5 application content via a crafted certificate.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- 62665 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 62575 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://codereview.chromium.org/645123003 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2476-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 72288 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201502-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=414026 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1031623 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://codereview.chromium.org/725573004 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0441 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0093 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 62383 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://codereview.chromium.org/579593003 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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