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CVE-2015-1263

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% 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-17

Description

The Spellcheck API implementation in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65 does not use an HTTPS session for downloading a Hunspell dictionary, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to deliver incorrect spelling suggestions or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

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=479162
• https://codereview.chromium.org/1056103005
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04
• 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

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