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CVE-2015-1233

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1233 describes a critical vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 41.0.2272.118, impacting Apple, Google, Linux, and Microsoft platforms. This flaw stems from an improper interaction between Inter-Process Communication (IPC), the Gamepad API, and the Google V8 JavaScript engine. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it represents a high-severity vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code without authentication, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 41.0.2272.102CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0530 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: chromium-browser-0:41.0.2272.118-1.el6_6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-1233Critical

chromium-browser: combination of V8, Gamepad and IPC bugs that can lead to remote code execution

Apr 2, 2015

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2015/04/stable-channel-update.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00024.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0778.html
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201506-04
securityfocus.com / bid/73484
securitytracker.com / id/1032012
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2556-1