chromium-browser: insecure download of spellcheck dictionary in unspecified component
Published May 20, 2015
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.99%
Description
The Spellcheck API implementation in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65 does not use an HTTPS session for downloading a Hunspell dictionary, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to deliver incorrect spelling suggestions or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 8.0
No data.
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
chromium-browser-0:43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1023
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | chromium-browser-0:43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1023 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.99% (0.00989) | 61.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.99% (0.00989) | 57.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.45% (0.00449) | 61.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.23% (0.00231) | 62.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.23% (0.00231) | 61.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.21% (0.00206) | 58.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00218) | 57.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00091.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00015.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3267 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74723 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032375 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1263 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223271 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=479162 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1056103005 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1263
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1263
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00091.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00015.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3267 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74723 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032375 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1263 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223271 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=479162 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://codereview.chromium.org/1056103005 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1263 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1263 |
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