CVE-2015-1235 describes a Same-Origin Policy bypass vulnerability in the HTML parser of Blink, specifically within the ContainerNode::parserRemoveChild function. This flaw, affecting Google Chrome before version 42.0.2311.90 and related Canonical and Debian distributions, could be triggered by a specially crafted HTML document containing an IFRAME element. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure (partial impact) without requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it garnered some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 42.0.2311.60CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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