# CVE-2015-1262: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service or unspecified impacts via crafted Unicode text due to uninitialized memory in Chrome's font shaping.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 20 May 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cvx4-vgw7-p9gv, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1262

## What is CVE-2015-1262?

CVE-2015-1262 is a high-severity denial of service 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

platform/fonts/shaping/HarfBuzzShaper.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65, does not initialize a certain width field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Unicode text.

Weakness: CWE-17

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1262?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-1262?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2015-1262 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1262 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2024-9680](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9680/): Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-1262 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-1262 is a high-severity denial of service 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1262 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1262/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1262/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1262
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1262
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-1262

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