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CVE-2015-6792 in the critical feed json

The MIDI subsystem in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.106 does not properly handle the sending of data, which allows remote attackers to exe…

published 2015-12-24 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-6729

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The MIDI subsystem in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.106 does not properly handle the sending of data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors, related to midi_manager.cc, midi_manager_alsa.cc, and midi_manager_mac.cc, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8664.

Patch / fix

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 47.0.2526.106-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1107

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6792

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 47.0.2526.106-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:2665

  • 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-2015-6792 updated cvss 6.8

chromium-browser: Fixes from internal audits and fuzzing

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 47.0.2526.106-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 47.0.2526.106-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 47.0.2526.106-1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2665

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

3.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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References

Sources

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