CVE-2015-6757

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in content/browser/service_worker/embedded_worker_instance.cc in the ServiceWorker implementation in Google Chrome before 46.0.2490.71 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging object destruction in a callback.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.28% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=529520
https://codereview.chromium.org/1327723005
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/10/stable-channel-update.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77071	vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3376	vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09	vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033816	vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2770-1	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1912.html	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2770-2	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-6757?: CVE-2015-6757 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-6757?: To fix CVE-2015-6757, 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-2015-6757 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2015-6757 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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