chromium-browser: Scheme bypass in PDFium
Published Dec 6, 2015
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.02%
Description
PDFium, as used in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73, does not properly restrict use of chrome: URLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended scheme restrictions via a crafted PDF document, as demonstrated by a document with a link to a chrome://settings URL.
Affected products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:47.0.2526.73-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:2545
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:47.0.2526.73-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:2545 |
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.02% (0.02025) | 80.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.02% (0.02025) | 78.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.52% (0.00518) | 64.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.63% (0.00627) | 79.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.63% (0.00627) | 78.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.63% (0.00627) | 75.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 76.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 74.78th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.78% (0.01776) | 53.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/12/stable-channel-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00016.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00017.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3415 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78416 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034298 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6779 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1287494 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=528505 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1362433002 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6779
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6779
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/12/stable-channel-update.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00016.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00017.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3415 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78416 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034298 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6779 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1287494 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=528505 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://codereview.chromium.org/1362433002 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6779 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6779 |
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