CVE-2015-1262
platform/fonts/shaping/HarfBuzzShaper.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65, does not initialize a certain width field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
02 Description
platform/fonts/shaping/HarfBuzzShaper.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65, does not initialize a certain width field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 75.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-05-20 10:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-21
- Assigning CNA
- Chrome
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 324ea1a74fc473442ce6269eb251597eed10b855b76e4e20da6345f5f30f0432
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0969http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00091.html
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201506-04https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1877http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00015.html
- www.securitytracker.com1032375http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032375
- www.debian.orgDSA-3267http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3267
- src.chromium.orghttps://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=194541&view=revision
- www.securityfocus.com74723http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74723
- code.google.comhttps://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=476647
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1089
- oxide-qt Fixed in 1.7.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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