UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1283

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1283

    Published: 22 Jul 2015Last Modified: 28 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-1283
    Aliases:
    USN-2677-1
    USN-2726-1
    USN-3013-1

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple integer overflows in the XML_GetBuffer function in Expat through 2.1.0, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 and other products, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-2716.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1283, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2677-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2726-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3013-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5455-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4772-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1283, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7199-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chromium-browser

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/chromium-browser?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095

    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