CVE-2015-1241

Public Exploit

Description

Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90 does not properly consider the interaction of page navigation with the handling of touch events and gesture events, which allows remote attackers to trigger unintended UI actions via a crafted web site that conducts a "tapjacking" attack.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.57% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory google.com Vendor Advisory chromium.org Vendor Advisory chromium.org Vendor Advisory chromium.org Vendor Advisory chromium.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0816.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://codereview.chromium.org/660663002 vendor advisory issue tracking
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2570-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://codereview.chromium.org/717573004 vendor advisory issue tracking
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3238 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00024.html vendor advisory mitigation third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032209 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
https://codereview.chromium.org/868123002 vendor advisory issue tracking
https://codereview.chromium.org/628763003 vendor advisory issue tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00040.html vendor advisory mitigation third party advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html release notes
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=418402 vendor advisory issue tracking exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-1241?
CVE-2015-1241 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-1241?
To fix CVE-2015-1241, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-1241 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-1241 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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