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title: "CVE-2015-1245\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-1245

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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the OpenPDFInReaderView::Update function in
browser/ui/views/location\_bar/open\_pdf\_in\_reader\_view.cc in Google Chrome
before 41.0.2272.76 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified
other impact by triggering interaction with a PDFium "Open PDF in Reader"
button that has an invalid tab association.

## 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 | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 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-2015-1245)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1245)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-1245)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1245)

### Other references

* <https://codereview.chromium.org/831283002>
* <https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=444957>
* <http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1245>
