CVE-2015-1233 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2015-1233?

CVE-2015-1233 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 1 Apr 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

Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.118 does not properly handle the interaction of IPC, the Gamepad API, and Google V8, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-17

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1233?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1233?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2015-1233 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1233 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2020-16010 Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-85046 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-f88w-w382-896c, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1233.