PT-2015-1201

CVE-2015-1262

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Published

2015-05-19

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Updated

2024-06-15

Description by

CVSS 2.0
7.5
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 43.0.2357.65 Opera versions prior to 43.0.2357.65 (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue is related to the HarfBuzzShaper.cpp file in Blink, which does not initialize a certain width field. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Unicode text.
Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 43.0.2357.65, update to version 43.0.2357.65 or later to resolve the issue. For Opera, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
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Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2015-1589
DSA-3267-1
MGASA-2015-0235
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1
RHSA-2015:1023
RHSA-2015_1023
USN-2610-1
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