The UnescapeURLWithOffsetsImpl function in net/base/escape.cc in Google Chrome before 34.0.1847.116 does not properly handle bidirectional Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs), which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof URLs via crafted use of right-to-left (RTL) Unicode text.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1723
Reference (s):
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/04/stable-channel-update.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=337746
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=254091&view=revision
- DEBIAN:DSA-2905
- URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2905