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title: "CVE-2015-1278\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-1278

Publication date 23 July 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

content/browser/web\_contents/web\_contents\_impl.cc in Google Chrome before
44.0.2403.89 does not ensure that a PDF document's modal dialog is closed
upon navigation to an interstitial page, which allows remote attackers to
spoof URLs via a crafted document, as demonstrated by the alert\_dialog.pdf
document.

## 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 | 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 |

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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-2015-1278?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/1156663004/> * Upstream:   <https://codereview.chromium.org/1150843002/> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1278)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1278)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-1278)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1278)

### Other references

* <http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1278>