CVE-2014-7942: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Fonts implementation in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 does not initialize memory for a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 14.10 only
• Chromium Chromium: version 40.0.2214.110 only
• Google Chrome: up to and including 40.0.2214.85
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.1 only; version 13.2 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus: version 6.6.z only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary: version 6.0 only

Published 2015-01-22. Last modified 2026-06-17.