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high 7.5

CVE-2015-8479 json

Use-after-free vulnerability in the AudioOutputDevice::OnDeviceAuthorized function in media/audio/audio_output_device.cc in Google Chrome b…

published 10y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-8360

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the AudioOutputDevice::OnDeviceAuthorized function in media/audio/audio_output_device.cc in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering access to an unauthorized audio output device.

Patch / fix

  • oxide-qt Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.11.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1106

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8479

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 47.0.2526.73-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:2545

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-8479 updated cvss 6.4

chromium-browser: Various fixes from internal audits

  • 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 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

0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% 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-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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References

Sources

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