UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1220

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1220

    Published: 8 Mar 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-1220
    Aliases:
    USN-2521-1

    Summary:

    Details: Use-after-free vulnerability in the GIFImageReader::parseData function in platform/image-decoders/gif/GIFImageReader.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted frame size in a GIF image.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1220, https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=188423&view=revision, https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=437651, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/03/stable-channel-update.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2521-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1220

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chromium-browser

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1076

    Affected versions

    29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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