chromium-browser: Heap-buffer-overflow in expat.
Published Jul 23, 2015
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 18.44%
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the XML_GetBuffer function in Expat through 2.1.0, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 and other products, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-2716.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- ≤ 2.1.0
Configuration 3
Configuration 4
- 7.0
- 8.0
- 9.0
Configuration 5
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 15.04
Configuration 6
- 11
- 1.3
- 42.1
- 13.1
- 13.2
- 12
- 12
- 11
- 12
- 12
- 11
- 12
- 12
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:44.0.2403.89-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1499
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:44.0.2403.89-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1499 |
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:P/I:P/A:P
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 18.44% (0.18439) | 97.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 29, 2026 | 19.07% (0.19069) | 97.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 21, 2026 | 15.37% (0.15369) | 96.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 19.07% (0.19069) | 96.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.37% (0.00373) | 56.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.23% (0.03228) | 91.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 3.23% (0.03228) | 90.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 14, 2023 | 1.23% (0.01231) | 83.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 9, 2023 | 1.08% (0.01081) | 82.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.93% (0.00931) | 80.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (24)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00038.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00064.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00007.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1499.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3315 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3318 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75973 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033031 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2726-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1283 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245587 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=492052 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1224303003 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1283
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1283
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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