CVE-2014-3188

Google Chrome before 38.0.2125.101 and Chrome OS before 38.0.2125.101 do not properly handle the interaction of IPC and Google V8, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving JSON data, related to improper parsing of an escaped index by ParseJsonObject in json-parser.h.

Published: 2014-10-08 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-3188 is rated High Risk (70.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.37%). High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3188

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-18 3.58% 3.37% -0.21%
2 2025-03-30 5.29% 3.58% -1.71%
3 2025-03-29 — 5.29% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3188

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3188

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3188

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2014-3188: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-13), 1 atom(s) (www-client/chromium); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-3188
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3188
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3188 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (chromium-browser, libv8, libv8-3.14, oxide-qt), 52 status rows across 13 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): released 20, DNE 17, ignored 13, needed 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3188

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3188

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome_os <= 38.0.2125.77 cpe:2.3:o:google:chrome_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google chrome <= 38.0.2125.7 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus 6.6.z cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus:6.6.z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3188

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