{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3172","details":"The Debugger extension API in browser/extensions/api/debugger/debugger_api.cc in Google Chrome before 37.0.2062.94 does not validate a tab's URL before an attach operation, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access limitations via an extension that uses a restricted URL, as demonstrated by a chrome:// URL.","modified":"2025-09-08T16:43:09Z","published":"2014-08-27T01:55:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-3172"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3172"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=280354&view=revision"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://crbug.com/367567"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/08/stable-channel-update_26.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3172"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"chromium-browser","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/chromium-browser@37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1042?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1042"}]}],"versions":["29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu2","31.0.1650.63-0ubuntu1~20131204.1","32.0.1700.107-0ubuntu1~20140204.977.1","33.0.1750.152-0ubuntu1~pkg995.1","34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2","36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.14.04.0~pkg1029"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1042","binary_name":"chromium-browser"},{"binary_version":"37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1042","binary_name":"chromium-browser-l10n"},{"binary_version":"37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1042","binary_name":"chromium-chromedriver"},{"binary_version":"37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1042","binary_name":"chromium-codecs-ffmpeg"},{"binary_version":"37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1042","binary_name":"chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3172.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}