CVE-2015-1277 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute code via a use-after-free flaw in Chrome's accessibility implementation, requiring user interaction.
- 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-2015-1277?
CVE-2015-1277 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 23 Jul 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 the accessibility implementation in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging lack of certain validity checks for accessibility-tree data structures.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1277?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2015-1277?
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-2015-1277 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1277 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c9fx-5pm6-q22f, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1277.