CVE-2015-1285 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2015-1285?

CVE-2015-1285 is a medium-severity 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

The XSSAuditor::canonicalize function in core/html/parser/XSSAuditor.cpp in the XSS auditor in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, does not properly choose a truncation point, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an unspecified linear-time attack.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1285?

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-2015-1285?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-1285 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1285 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2024-9680 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.8

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-86pj-mwrp-p73h, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1285.