CVE-2015-6789 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can trigger a use-after-free in Chrome's Blink engine via a race condition, causing denial of service or potential code execution.
- 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-2015-6789?
CVE-2015-6789 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 14 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
Race condition in the MutationObserver implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.80, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging unanticipated object deletion.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6789?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6789?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2015-6789 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6789 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h35f-7gwh-g2rm, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6789.