CVE-2015-1283 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2015-1283?

CVE-2015-1283 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 23 Jul 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple integer overflows in the XML_GetBuffer function in Expat through 2.1.0, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 and other products, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-2716.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1283?

It affects 13 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome, Libexpat Project Libexpat, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse and 7 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1283?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-1283 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1283, DLA-281-1, DSA-3318-1, GHSA-6w45-gwrj-v625, MGASA-2015-0285, PSF-2015-1 and 2 more.