CVE-2015-6775 Memory corruption in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potentially execute code via type confusion in PDFium, affecting Chrome users.

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-2015-6775?

CVE-2015-6775 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 6 Dec 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

fpdfsdk/src/jsapi/fxjs_v8.cpp in PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73, does not use signatures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that leverage "type confusion."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6775?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6775?

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-2015-6775 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6775 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-jx2m-cgc8-2w56, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6775.

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