CVE-2015-3336

Summary

CVECVE-2015-3336
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-04-19 10:59:16 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionGoogle Chrome before 42.0.2311.90 does not always ask the user before proceeding with CONTENT_SETTINGS_TYPE_FULLSCREEN and CONTENT_SETTINGS_TYPE_MOUSELOCK changes, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (UI disruption) by constructing a crafted HTML document containing JavaScript code with requestFullScreen and requestPointerLock calls, and arranging for the user to access this document with a file: URL.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3238-1 chromium-browser af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 googlechromereleases.blogspot.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
455953 - chromium - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Monorail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Google Chrome CVE-2015-3336 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
openSUSE-SU-2015:0748-1: moderate: Security update for Chromium af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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