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CVE-2014-1725

The base64DecodeInternal function in wtf/text/Base64.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 34.0.1847.116, does not properly handle string data composed exclusively of whitespace characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a window.atob method call.

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Severity

N/A

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0138 (1.4%)
Percentile: 80.4%
EPSS: 2026-05-06

Affects

google:chrome

Technical description

The base64DecodeInternal function in wtf/text/Base64.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 34.0.1847.116, does not properly handle string data composed exclusively of whitespace characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a window.atob method call.

Published: 4/9/2014, 10:57:56 AM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM

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