chromium-browser: Permission scoping error in WebRequest
Published Sep 3, 2015
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.14%
Description
The WebRequest API implementation in extensions/browser/api/web_request/web_request_api.cc in Google Chrome before 45.0.2454.85 does not properly consider a request's source before accepting the request, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted (1) app or (2) extension.
Affected products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:45.0.2454.85-2.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1712
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:45.0.2454.85-2.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1712 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
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AV:N/AC:L/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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.14% (0.02140) | 81.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.24% (0.02240) | 80.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.61% (0.00613) | 68.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.13% (0.01134) | 85.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 15, 2024 | 1.13% (0.01134) | 84.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01134) | 82.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 56.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/09/stable-channel-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00029.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00013.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1712.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3351 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033472 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1297 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259165 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=510802 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1267183003/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1297
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1297
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/09/stable-channel-update.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00029.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00013.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1712.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3351 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033472 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1297 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259165 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=510802 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://codereview.chromium.org/1267183003/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1297 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1297 |
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