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critical 9.8

CVE-2015-6764 in the critical feed json

The BasicJsonStringifier::SerializeJSArray function in json-stringifier.h in the JSON stringifier in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome be…

published 2015-12-06 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-6701

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.7%
EPSS 5.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The BasicJsonStringifier::SerializeJSArray function in json-stringifier.h in the JSON stringifier in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73, improperly loads array elements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

Patch / fix

  • nodejs node.js 4.2.3
  • nodejs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.2.3~dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6764

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 47.0.2526.73-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:2545

  • 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-2015-6764 updated cvss 2.6

v8: unspecified out-of-bounds access vulnerability

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 47.0.2526.73-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 47.0.2526.73-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 47.0.2526.73-1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2545
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 nodejs Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational Tools nodejs Red Hat Software Collections nodejs010-nodejs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

5.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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