CVE-2015-3334 — browser/ui/website_settings/website_settings.cc in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90 does not always display "Media: Allowed by you" in a Permissions table after the user has granted camera permission to a web site, which might make it easier for user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive video data from a device's physical environment via a crafted web site that turns on the camera at a time when the user believes that camera access is prohibited

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browser/ui/website_settings/website_settings.cc in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90 does not always display "Media: Allowed by you" in a Permissions table after the user has granted camera permission to a web site, which might make it easier for user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive video data from a device's physical environment via a crafted web site that turns on the camera at a time when the user believes that camera access is prohibited

Published Apr 19, 2015

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.82%

Description

browser/ui/website_settings/website_settings.cc in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90 does not always display "Media: Allowed by you" in a Permissions table after the user has granted camera permission to a web site, which might make it easier for user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive video data from a device's physical environment via a crafted web site that turns on the camera at a time when the user believes that camera access is prohibited.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.82% 0.01817

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01817

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 (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.82% (0.01817)	77.91th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.45% (0.01451)	69.87th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.45% (0.00449)	61.52th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.13% (0.00133)	50.13th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 14, 2024	0.13% (0.00133)	48.66th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.13% (0.00133)	46.64th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-17

References (5)

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00040.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3238
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74225
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=433170
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00040.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3238		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74225		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=433170		x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 19, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Apr 19, 2015

Link CVE-2015-3334

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-3334

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-3334