CVE-2015-1359 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potential code execution via crafted PDF documents in Google Chrome.

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-2015-1359?

CVE-2015-1359 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 27 Jan 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 off-by-one errors in fpdfapi/fpdf_font/font_int.h in PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document, related to an "intra-object-overflow" issue, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1205.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1359?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1359?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2015-1359 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1359 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-84hc-7w5w-q3hv, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1359.

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