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CVE-2015-1283
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 18.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2015-07-23 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-190
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the XML_GetBuffer function in Expat through 2.1.0, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 and other products, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-2716.
Affected products
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
- Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
- Google Chrome: through 43.0.2357.134
- libexpat project libexpat: through 2.1.0
- openSUSE Leap: 42.1
- Opensuse: 13.1, 13.2
- Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 10, 11.3
- Python: from 2.7.0 before 2.7.12; from 3.3.0 before 3.3.7; from 3.4.0 before 3.4.5; from 3.5.0 before 3.5.2 — fixed in 2.7.12, 3.3.7, 3.4.5, 3.5.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo: 11-sp4
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1: 12, 12-sp1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 11-sp4, 12, 12-sp1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 11-sp4, 12, 12-sp1
- SUSE Studio onsite: 1.3
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Python 2.7.12, 3.3.7, 3.4.5, 3.5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00038.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00010.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1499.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3315
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3318
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75973
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033031
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