CVE-2015-1226 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2015-1226?

CVE-2015-1226 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 9 Mar 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The DebuggerFunction::InitAgentHost function in browser/extensions/api/debugger/debugger_api.cc in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76 does not properly restrict what URLs are available as debugger targets, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted extension.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1226?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1226?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-1226 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1226 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vh5c-wx9j-3q9g, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1226.