CVE-2015-6582 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a browser crash via a crafted website due to unchecked matrix inversion in Blink.

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-2015-6582?

CVE-2015-6582 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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

The decompose function in platform/transforms/TransformationMatrix.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 45.0.2454.85, does not verify that a matrix inversion succeeded, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted web site.

Weakness: CWE-254

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6582?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6582?

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-2015-6582 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6582 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-77m9-3679-q572, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6582.

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