CVE-2015-1259

chromium-browser: Uninitialized value in PDFium.

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65, does not properly initialize memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

PDFium, utilizado en Google Chrome anterior a 43.0.2357.65, no inicializa la memoria correctamente, lo que permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado a través de vectores desconocidos.

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit. Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Chromium to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Chromium. All Chromium users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Chromium version 43.0.2357.65, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Chromium must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-01-21 CVE Reserved
2015-05-20 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-17: DEPRECATED: Code
CWE-456: Missing Initialization of a Variable

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74723	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032375	Vdb Entry
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=468167	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00091.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00015.html	2023-11-07
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3267	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1259	2015-05-25
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223267	2015-05-25

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Google Search vendor "Google"		Chrome Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome"				<= 42.0.2311.152 Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome" and version " <= 42.0.2311.152"		-		Affected