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title: "CVE-2015-1236\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-1236

Publication date 19 April 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The MediaElementAudioSourceNode::process function in
modules/webaudio/MediaElementAudioSourceNode.cpp in the Web Audio API
implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90,
allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain
sensitive audio sample values via a crafted web site containing a media
element.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 15.10 wily | Fixed 43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu1.1179 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.15.04.1.1170 |
| 14.10 utopic | Fixed 43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.10.1.1131 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1089 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| oxide-qt | 15.10 wily | Fixed 1.7.7-0ubuntu0.15.04.1~ppa1 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 1.6.5-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 |
| 14.10 utopic | Fixed 1.6.5-0ubuntu0.14.10.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.6.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1236)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1236)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-1236)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1236)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2570-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2570-1)
+ Oxide vulnerabilities
+ 27 April 2015

### Other references

* <https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=189527&view=revision>
* <https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=313939>
* <http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1236>