6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2015-1255
Chrome WebAudio Use-after-Free Vulnerability
Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in content/renderer/media/webaudio_capturer_source.cc in the WebAudio implementation in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improper handling of a stop action for an audio track.

INFO

Published Date :

May 20, 2015, 10:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:24 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-1255 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Google chrome

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-1255 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-1255 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00091.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://codereview.chromium.org/1071063005 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00015.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032375 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3267 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=473253 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74723 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=473253
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://codereview.chromium.org/1071063005
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3267
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00015.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00091.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032375
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74723
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032375 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74723 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 31, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00091.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 07, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00015.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 01, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:42.0.2311.152:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:42.0.2311.152:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 04, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3267
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 20, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Evaluator Description <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a>
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:42.0.2311.152:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html No Types Assigned http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html Advisory, Patch
    Added CWE NVD-CWE-Other
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 20, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-1255 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-1255 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.42 }} 0.34%

score

0.85002

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability