CVE-2015-1288
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
9.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
69.2%
The Spellcheck API implementation in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 does not use an HTTPS session for downloading a Hunspell dictionary, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to deliver incorrect spelling suggestions or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, a related issue to CVE-2015-1263.
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| google:chrome | google chrome | le | 43.0.2357.134 |
References
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00038.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1499.html
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3315
www.securityfocus.com/bid/75973
www.securitytracker.com/id/1033031
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=479162
codereview.chromium.org/1056103005
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09
Related
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
9.5 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
69.2%