PT-2015-5175

CVE-2015-1220

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Published

2015-03-03

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Updated

2024-06-15

Description by

CVSS 2.0
6.8
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 41.0.2272.76
Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the GIFImageReader::parseData function. This vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers using a crafted frame size in a GIF image, potentially causing a denial of service or other unspecified impacts.
Recommendations For Google Chrome versions prior to 41.0.2272.76, update to version 41.0.2272.76 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of GIF images from untrusted sources until the update is applied.
Exploitability
Fix
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2015-1298
MGASA-2015-0123
OPENSUSE-SU-2015_0505-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1
RHSA-2015:0627
RHSA-2015_0627
USN-2521-1
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