CVE-2015-1361 Other in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8rg6-4v99-qp5v, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1361.