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CVE-2015-6764

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-12-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The BasicJsonStringifier::SerializeJSArray function in json-stringifier.h in the JSON stringifier in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73, improperly loads array elements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• Google Chrome: through 46.0.2490.86
• Node.js: from 4.0.0 through 4.1.2; from 4.2.0 before 4.2.3; from 5.0.0 through 5.1.1 — fixed in 4.2.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Node.js 4.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/12/stable-channel-update.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00016.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00017.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00045.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3415
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78209
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034298
• https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8/+/6df9a1db8c85ab63dee63879456b6027df53fabc
• https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=554946
• https://codereview.chromium.org/1440223002
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/12/stable-channel-update.html

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