CVE-2015-1217

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

The V8LazyEventListener::prepareListenerObject function in bindings/core/v8/V8LazyEventListener.cpp in the V8 bindings in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76, does not properly compile listeners, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that leverage "type confusion."

The V8LazyEventListener::prepareListenerObject function in bindings/core/v8/V8LazyEventListener.cpp in the V8 bindings in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76, does not properly compile listeners, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that leverage "type confusion."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2015-03-09 00:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-22 02:59:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary 6.0 (v. 6)

6.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary 6.0 (v. 6)

6.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary 6.0 (v. 6)

6.0

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10

14.10

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/03/stable-channel-update.html

Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2015:0627

Third Party Advisory

72901

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

USN-2521-1

Third Party Advisory

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=456192

Third Party Advisory

https://codereview.chromium.org/910683002

Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

https://codereview.chromium.org/958543002

Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

GLSA-201503-12

https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=189796&view=revision

Issue Tracking

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