Vulnerability in Google Chrome
CVE-2015-1224
The VpxVideoDecoder::VpxDecode function in media/filters/vpx_video_decoder.cc in the vpxdecoder implementation in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76 does not ensure that alpha-plane dimensions are identical to image dimensions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted VPx video data.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (77.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 77.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2521-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72901 (vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-12 (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0627.html (vendor-advisory)
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/03/stable-channel-update.html
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail
- codereview.chromium.org/858303002
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-1224?
- CVE-2015-1224 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under CWE-17. Published 2015-03-09.
- Is CVE-2015-1224 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.