CVE-2015-1283

high

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the XML_GetBuffer function in Expat through 2.1.0, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 and other products, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-2716.

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-1424

https://codereview.chromium.org/1224303003

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=492052

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2726-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033031

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75973

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3318

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3315

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1499.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00010.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00007.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00006.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00064.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00038.html

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-07-23

Updated: 2026-05-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.18439