# 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 s

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-04-09 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/04/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00012.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201408-16.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2905
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=357332
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=170264&view=revision

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