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CVE-2015-1233 json

Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.118 does not properly handle the interaction of IPC, the Gamepad API, and Google V8, which allows remote att…

published 2015-04-01 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-1374

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.3%
EPSS 5.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.118 does not properly handle the interaction of IPC, the Gamepad API, and Google V8, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

  • oxide-qt Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1089

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1233

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:0778

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 55.0.2883.75-3.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-1233 updated cvss 7.5

chromium-browser: combination of V8, Gamepad and IPC bugs that can lead to remote code execution

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0778

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

5.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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