CVE-2015-6582 Memory corruption in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-77m9-3679-q572, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6582.