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CVE-2015-1247

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-04-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The SearchEngineTabHelper::OnPageHasOSDD function in browser/ui/search_engines/search_engine_tab_helper.cc in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90 does not prevent use of a file: URL for an OpenSearch descriptor XML document, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from local files via a crafted (1) http or (2) https web site.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0
• Google Chrome: through 42.0.2311.60

References

• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00040.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00024.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0816.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3238
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032209
• https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=429838
• https://codereview.chromium.org/917313004
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00040.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00024.html

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