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high 7.5

CVE-2015-1302 json

The PDF viewer in Google Chrome before 46.0.2490.86 does not properly restrict scripting messages and API exposure, which allows remote att…

published 2015-11-11 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-1443

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The PDF viewer in Google Chrome before 46.0.2490.86 does not properly restrict scripting messages and API exposure, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via an unintended embedder or unintended plugin loading, related to pdf.js and out_of_process_instance.cc.

Patch / fix

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1106

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1302

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 45.0.2454.101-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1841

  • 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-2015-1302 updated cvss 6.8

chromium-browser: information leak in PDF viewer

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 45.0.2454.101-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 45.0.2454.101-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 45.0.2454.101-1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1841

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

1.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% 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
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.