CVE-2015-1271

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1271
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerChrome
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-07-23 00:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionPDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, does not properly handle certain out-of-memory conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document that triggers a large memory allocation.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus 6.7z All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Google Chrome Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Bypass Same-Origin Restrictions, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Spoof URLs - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
Issue 446032 - chromium - Security: OOM situation can result in heap buffer overflow in CFX_BinaryBuf (pdfium) - Monorail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1287-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Google Chrome Prior to 44.0.2403.89 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201603-09) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Issue 1226403008: Merge to M44: Abort on OOM by default in FX_Alloc(). - Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 codereview.chromium.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3315-1 chromium-browser af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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