Double Free in Google Chrome and Debian Linux - CVE-2015-1207
Published: June 6, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38891
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1207
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Debian
Debian
Affected software:
Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Double-free vulnerability in libavformat/mov.c in FFMPEG in Google Chrome 41.0.2251.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a crafted .m4a file.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1207
Install update from vendor's website.