CVE-2015-1232 Memory corruption in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f6r4-gh32-pq92, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1232.