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title: "CVE-2015-1276\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-1276

Publication date 22 July 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1276?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in
content/browser/indexed\_db/indexed\_db\_backing\_store.cc in the IndexedDB
implementation in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 allows remote attackers
to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by
leveraging an abort action before a certain write operation.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 15.10 wily | Fixed 44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu1.1195 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.15.04.1.1177 |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored |
| oxide-qt | 15.10 wily | Fixed 1.8.4-0ubuntu1 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 1.8.4-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.8.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1276?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | * Upstream:   <https://codereview.chromium.org/1060613002/> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

9.8 · Critical

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1276)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1276)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-1276)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1276)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2677-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2677-1)
+ Oxide vulnerabilities
+ 4 August 2015

### Other references

* <http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1276>