CVE-2015-1235 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2015-1235?

CVE-2015-1235 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 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

The ContainerNode::parserRemoveChild function in core/dom/ContainerNode.cpp in the HTML parser in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90, allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted HTML document with an IFRAME element.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1235?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1235?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-1235 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1235 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-mj5c-m7rm-67v6, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1235.