# CVE-2014-9689: content/renderer/device\_sensors/device\_orientation\_event\_pump.cc in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76 does not properly restrict access to h

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-03-09 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- https://crypto.stanford.edu/gyrophone/files/gyromic.pdf
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/03/stable-channel-update.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=421691
- https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity14/technical-sessions/presentation/michalevsky
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=463349

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