CVE-2015-6792 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-6792?

CVE-2015-6792 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 24 Dec 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The MIDI subsystem in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.106 does not properly handle the sending of data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors, related to midi_manager.cc, midi_manager_alsa.cc, and midi_manager_mac.cc, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8664.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6792?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6792?

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-2015-6792 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6792 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-gr4r-9v54-jxjh, MGASA-2015-0479, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6792.