Medium 5.0Published Oct 8, 2014

CVE-2014-3198The Instance::HandleInputEvent function in pdf/instance.cc in the PDFium component in Google Chrome before 38.0.2125.101 interprets a certain -1 value as an index instead of a no-visible-page error c…

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The Instance::HandleInputEvent function in pdf/instance.cc in the PDFium component in Google Chrome before 38.0.2125.101 interprets a certain -1 value as an index instead of a no-visible-page error code, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS: 5.0 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

google chrome google:chrome	through 38.0.2125.7	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary	6.0	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary	6.0	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus	6.6.z	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary	6.0	NVD

References

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/10/stable-channel-update.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1626.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70273
https://codereview.chromium.org/560133004
https://crbug.com/415307

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