Input validation error in Debian Linux - CVE-2015-1245

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Input validation error in Debian Linux - CVE-2015-1245

Published: April 19, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40816
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-2015-1245
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the OpenPDFInReaderView::Update function in browser/ui/views/location_bar/open_pdf_in_reader_view.cc in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering interaction with a PDFium "Open PDF in Reader" button that has an invalid tab association. <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a>


How to mitigate CVE-2015-1245

Install update from vendor's website.

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