UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6783

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6783

    Published: 6 Dec 2015Last Modified: 8 Sept 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-6783

    Summary:

    Details: The FindStartOffsetOfFileInZipFile function in crazy_linker_zip.cpp in crazy_linker (aka Crazy Linker) in Android 5.x and 6.x, as used in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73, improperly searches for an EOCD record, which allows attackers to bypass a signature-validation requirement via a crafted ZIP archive.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6783, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/12/stable-channel-update.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6783

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chromium-browser

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1106

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High