CVE-2015-3336 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2015-3336?

CVE-2015-3336 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Apr 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

Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90 does not always ask the user before proceeding with CONTENT_SETTINGS_TYPE_FULLSCREEN and CONTENT_SETTINGS_TYPE_MOUSELOCK changes, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (UI disruption) by constructing a crafted HTML document containing JavaScript code with requestFullScreen and requestPointerLock calls, and arranging for the user to access this document with a file: URL.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3336?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2015-3336?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-3336 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3336 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2026-24061 GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-39682 Linux Kernel Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Exploited Critical 9.8
• 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-hcrp-vfg2-x96p, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3336.