CVE-2015-1227 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-1227?

CVE-2015-1227 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 9 Mar 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The DragImage::create function in platform/DragImage.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76, does not initialize memory for image drawing, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact by triggering a failed image decoding, as demonstrated by an image for which the default orientation cannot be used.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1227?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1227?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2015-1227 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1227 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-qpj3-fmrx-4m5m, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1227.