CVE-2014-9689: Google Chrome

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

content/renderer/device_sensors/device_orientation_event_pump.cc in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76 does not properly restrict access to high-rate gyroscope data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain speech signals from a device's physical environment via a crafted web site that listens for ondeviceorientation events, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1231.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: up to and including 40.0.2214.115

Published 2015-03-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.