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TI-2015-01124 Aliases CVE-2015-1245GHSA-vwmq-8w98-3hr8

Use-after-free vulnerability in the OpenPDFInReaderView::Update function in…

Priority LOW 34Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the OpenPDFInReaderView::Update function in browser/ui/views/location_bar/open_pdf_in_reader_view.cc in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering interaction with a PDFium "Open PDF in Reader" button that has an invalid tab association.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01828 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 41.0.2272.74VulnerableGoogle
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 41.0.2272.74 Vulnerable ·Google
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2015:0816 Released 2015-04-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    chromium-browser security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser-42.0.2311.90-1.el6_6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:0816
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:0816
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2015:0816

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-1245
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vwmq-8w98-3hr8

References

Advisory 5

Other 3

Sources

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