UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1253

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1253

    Published: 20 May 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-1253
    Aliases:
    USN-2610-1

    Summary:

    Details: core/html/parser/HTMLConstructionSite.cpp in the DOM implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65, allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via crafted JavaScript code that appends a child to a SCRIPT element, related to the insert and executeReparentTask functions.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1253, https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=191807&view=revision, https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=464552, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2610-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1253

    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