CVE-2015-1282 Use after free in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute code via crafted PDF documents in Google Chrome due to use-after-free flaws in PDFium.

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-2015-1282?

CVE-2015-1282 is a medium-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

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in fpdfsdk/src/javascript/Document.cpp in PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document, related to the (1) Document::delay and (2) Document::DoFieldDelay functions.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1282?

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-2015-1282?

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-2015-1282 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1282 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-46rh-vrxm-9qp6, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1282.

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