CVE-2015-2239

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-03-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-19

Description

Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76, when Instant Extended mode is used, does not properly consider the interaction between the "1993 search" features and restore-from-disk RELOAD transitions, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof the address bar for a search-results page by leveraging (1) a compromised search engine or (2) an XSS vulnerability in a search engine, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1231.

Affected products

Google Chrome: through 40.0.2214.115

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/03/stable-channel-update.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74855
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=256724
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=463349
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/03/stable-channel-update.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74855
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=256724
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=463349

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