CVE-2015-1262

high

Description

platform/fonts/shaping/HarfBuzzShaper.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65, does not initialize a certain width field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Unicode text.

References

https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=194541&view=revision

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=476647

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032375

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74723

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3267

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00015.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00091.html

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-05-20

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High