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title: "CVE-2015-1295\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-1295

Publication date 3 September 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

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the PrintWebViewHelper class in
components/printing/renderer/print\_web\_view\_helper.cc in Google Chrome
before 45.0.2454.85 allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial
of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering nested
IPC messages during preparation for printing, as demonstrated by messages
associated with PDF documents in conjunction with messages about printer
capabilities.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1295?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 15.10 wily | Fixed 45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu1.1198 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.15.04.1.1181 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1097 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored |
| oxide-qt | 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | 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)

## Notes

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### [chrisccoulson](https://launchpad.net/~chrisccoulson)

Oxide does not use the printing component

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1295)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1295)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-1295)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1295)

### Other references

* <http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.ca/2015/09/stable-channel-update.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1295>