Buffer overflow in Google Chrome
CVE-2015-1252
common/partial_circular_buffer.cc in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65 does not properly handle wraps, which allows remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via vectors that trigger a write operation with a large amount of data, related to the PartialCircularBuffer::Write and PartialCircularBuffer::DoWrite functions.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Google Chrome
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00091.html (vendor-advisory)
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00015.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1032375 (vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3267 (vendor-advisory)
- codereview.chromium.org/1061053002
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/74723 (vdb-entry)