UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6789

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6789

    Published: 14 Dec 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-6789
    Aliases:
    USN-2860-1

    Summary:

    Details: Race condition in the MutationObserver implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.80, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging unanticipated object deletion.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6789, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/12/stable-channel-update_8.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2860-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6789

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chromium-browser

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -47.0.2526.106-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1107

    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