Ubuntu LinuxOperating system · Canonical
CVE-2015-1215
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe filters implementation in Skia, 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 vectors that trigger an out-of-bounds write operation.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceOut-of-bounds write vulnerability in Skia's filters implementation, as used in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76. Remote attackers can trigger the vulnerability via crafted vectors causing memory corruption, leading to denial of service or potential code execution.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Ubuntu LinuxOperating system
= 14.04= 14.10
Enterprise Linux Desktop SupplementaryOperating system
= 6.0
Enterprise Linux Server SupplementaryOperating system
= 6.0
Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary EusOperating system
= 6.6.z
Enterprise Linux Workstation SupplementaryOperating system
= 6.0
ChromeWeb browser
<= 40.0.2214.115CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check Google Chrome versionOpen chrome://version in the browser address bar or run 'google-chrome --version' or 'chrome --version' from command lineAffected if The displayed version is 40.0.2214.115 or earlier (any version <= 40.x before 41.0.2272.76)
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Check Chrome package version on UbuntuRun 'dpkg -l | grep google-chrome' or 'apt-cache policy google-chrome-stable' in terminalAffected if The installed version is 40.0.2214.115-1 or earlier on Ubuntu 14.04 or 14.10 systems
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Check Chrome package version on Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRun 'rpm -q google-chrome-stable' or 'yum info google-chrome-stable' in terminalAffected if The installed version corresponds to 40.0.2214.115 or earlier on RHEL 6.x systems
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Verify Skia library usage in standalone applicationsIdentify any third-party applications using Skia rendering library (check application dependencies or documentation); for Linux, run 'ldd /path/to/application | grep skia'Affected if The application links against an unpatched Skia library version (prior to the fix released in February 2015)
You are affected if Google Chrome version is 40.0.2214.115 or earlier, or if you run Chrome on Ubuntu 14.04/14.10 or RHEL 6.x with unpatched package versions.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate Google Chrome to version 41.0.2272.76 or later. If Skia is used independently in other applications, update to the patched Skia library version.
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Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-1215 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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