CVE-2015-1361 Other in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service or unspecified impacts via crafted HTML due to uninitialized variable in Blink image decoder.

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-2015-1361?

CVE-2015-1361 is a medium-severity 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

platform/image-decoders/ImageFrame.h in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, does not initialize a variable that is used in calls to the Skia SkBitmap::setAlphaType function, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted HTML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1205.

Weakness: CWE-17

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1361?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1361?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-1361 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1361 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8rg6-4v99-qp5v, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1361.

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