CVE-2015-1252 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass sandbox protections or cause denial of service via out-of-bounds writes in Chrome's partial circular buffer.
- 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-2015-1252?
CVE-2015-1252 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 20 May 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
common/partial_circular_buffer.cc in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65 does not properly handle wraps, which allows remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via vectors that trigger a write operation with a large amount of data, related to the PartialCircularBuffer::Write and PartialCircularBuffer::DoWrite functions.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1252?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2015-1252?
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-2015-1252 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1252 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9qfw-82fr-g926, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1252.