Is CVE-2014-7923 actively exploited?

No active exploitation of CVE-2014-7923 has been confirmed so far. Continue monitoring, as exploit status can change.

Can CVE-2014-7923 be exploited remotely?

Yes. CVE-2014-7923 is exploitable remotely over the network (CVSS attack vector: Network).

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2014-7923?

CVE-2014-7923 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH).

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HIGH

CVE-2014-7923

CWE-17Published: January 22, 2015· Updated: Jun 17, 2026

7.5

CVSS v3.1

Official Description

The Regular Expressions package in International Components for Unicode (ICU) 52 before SVN revision 292944, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to a look-behind expression.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2014-7923 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.

Exploitation requires some privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

CVSS v3.1 Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges Req.

User Interaction

Scope

Impact

ConfidentialityP

IntegrityP

AvailabilityP

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Vendors & Products

Canonical1 product(s)

ubuntu linux

Google1 product(s)

chrome

icu-project1 product(s)

international components for unicode

openSUSE1 product(s)

opensuse

Oracle1 product(s)

communications messaging server

Red Hat4 product(s)

enterprise linux desktop supplementaryenterprise linux server supplementaryenterprise linux server supplementary eusenterprise linux workstation supplementary

Source: NVD CPE · 12 total CPE entries