UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1243

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1243

    Published: 30 Apr 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-1243
    Aliases:
    USN-2582-1

    Summary:

    Details: Use-after-free vulnerability in the MutationObserver::disconnect function in core/dom/MutationObserver.cpp in the DOM implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.135, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering an attempt to unregister a MutationObserver object that is not currently registered.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1243, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_28.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2582-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1243

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chromium-browser

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1089

    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