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CVE-2015-1251

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1251 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the SpeechRecognitionClient component of Google Chrome prior to version 43.0.2357.65, affecting Google Chrome and Debian Linux distributions. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a crafted document. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is a medium-severity vulnerability requiring medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 42.0.2311.152CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0244 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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-0:43.0.2357.65-1.el6_6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-1251Important

chromium-browser: Use-after-free in Speech.

May 19, 2015

References

blog.skylined.nl / 20161123001.html
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00091.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00015.html
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/136
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201506-04
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3267
securityfocus.com / archive/1/539824/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/74723
securitytracker.com / id/1032375
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-15-236