Buffer overflow - CVE-2015-6764
Published: December 6, 2015 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33643
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-6764
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The BasicJsonStringifier::SerializeJSArray function in json-stringifier.h in the JSON stringifier in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73, improperly loads array elements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.
Affected software
nodejs (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2015-6764
Install update from vendor's website.
nodejs (Alpine package) - update to 4.2.3-r0
External References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/12/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00045.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3415
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78209
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034298
- https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8/+/6df9a1db8c85ab63dee63879456b6027df53fabc
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=554946
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1440223002
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09