CVE-2015-8478 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8478?

CVE-2015-8478 is a high-severity denial of service 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

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google V8 before 4.7.80.23, as used in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8478?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Google V8.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8478?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-8478 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8478 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-g4f2-fgmx-vwx3, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8478.