CVE-2015-5605

Description

The regular-expression implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, mishandles interrupts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted JavaScript code, as demonstrated by an error in garbage collection during allocation of a stack-overflow exception message.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.69% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=512110
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76007 vdb entry
https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8.git/+/c67cb287a901ddf03d4ae4dafcf431d09fd3e22c
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1499.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00038.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033031 vdb entry
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=469480
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-5605?
CVE-2015-5605 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-5605?
To fix CVE-2015-5605, 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-2015-5605 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-5605 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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