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FKIE_CVE-2015-1220

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-03-09 00:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:21
Severity
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the GIFImageReader::parseData function in platform/image-decoders/gif/GIFImageReader.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted frame size in a GIF image.
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/03/stable-channel-update.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0627.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72901
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2521-1
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=437651
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-12
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=188423&view=revision
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/03/stable-channel-update.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0627.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72901
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2521-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=437651
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-12
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=188423&view=revision
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus 6.6.z
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary 6.0
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10
google chrome *
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