CVE-2015-3336 — Google 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

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Google 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

Published Apr 19, 2015

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.46%

Description

Google 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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.46% 0.01463

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

EPSS probability 0.01463

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	1.46% (0.01463)	72.67th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.47% (0.01473)	70.33th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.85% (0.00850)	73.28th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.38% (0.00380)	73.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.38% (0.00380)	72.20th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.38% (0.00380)	68.70th	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-264

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/74227
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=455953
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/74227		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=455953		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-2015-3336

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-3336

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-3336