CVE-2015-1257

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-05-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

platform/graphics/filters/FEColorMatrix.cpp in the SVG implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65, does not properly handle an insufficient number of values in an feColorMatrix filter, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (container overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
Google Chrome: through 42.0.2311.152

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00091.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00015.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3267
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74723
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032375
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=468519
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?view=rev&revision=193571
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?view=rev&revision=193911
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00091.html

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