CVE-2015-1232 Memory corruption in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potentially execute code via out-of-bounds write in Chrome's MIDI manager by leveraging renderer access.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-1232?

CVE-2015-1232 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

Array index error in the MidiManagerUsb::DispatchSendMidiData function in media/midi/midi_manager_usb.cc in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging renderer access to provide an invalid port index that triggers an out-of-bounds write operation, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1212.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1232?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1232?

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-2015-1232 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-f6r4-gh32-pq92, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1232.

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