Buffer overflow in Debian Linux - CVE-2015-1252

 

Buffer overflow in Debian Linux - CVE-2015-1252

Published: May 20, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40787
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1252
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
Affected software:
Debian Linux

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

common/partial_circular_buffer.cc in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65 does not properly handle wraps, which allows remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via vectors that trigger a write operation with a large amount of data, related to the PartialCircularBuffer::Write and PartialCircularBuffer::DoWrite functions.


How to mitigate CVE-2015-1252

Install update from vendor's website.

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