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title: "CVE-2015-6792\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-6792

Publication date 24 December 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-2015-6792?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

The MIDI subsystem in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.106 does not properly
handle the sending of data, which allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via
unspecified vectors, related to midi\_manager.cc, midi\_manager\_alsa.cc, and
midi\_manager\_mac.cc, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8664.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 15.10 wily | Fixed 47.0.2526.106-0ubuntu0.15.10.1.1218 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 47.0.2526.106-0ubuntu0.15.04.1.1192 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 47.0.2526.106-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1107 |
| 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)

## 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-2015-6792)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6792)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-6792)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6792)

### Other references

* <http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.de/2015/12/stable-channel-update_15.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6792>