CVE-2015-1294 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2015-1294?

CVE-2015-1294 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 3 Sep 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 SkMatrix::invertNonIdentity function in core/SkMatrix.cpp in Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 45.0.2454.85, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering the use of matrix elements that lead to an infinite result during an inversion calculation.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1294?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1294?

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-2015-1294 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1294 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-c3qx-gxw4-6358, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1294.