CVE-2015-1255 Use after free in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potential code execution in Google Chrome via a use-after-free flaw in WebAudio handling.

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-2015-1255?

CVE-2015-1255 is a medium-severity use after free 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

Use-after-free vulnerability in content/renderer/media/webaudio_capturer_source.cc in the WebAudio implementation in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improper handling of a stop action for an audio track.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1255?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1255?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2015-1255 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1255 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p4ff-c7wr-66j3, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1255.

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