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CVE-2015-1297

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1297 describes a vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 45.0.2454.85, specifically within the WebRequest API implementation. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions by crafting malicious apps or extensions that exploit the API's failure to properly validate request sources. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, enabling potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 44.0.2403CPE 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
2.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0224 is in the 66th 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: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:45.0.2454.85-2.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-1297Moderate

chromium-browser: Permission scoping error in WebRequest

Sep 1, 2015

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2015/09/stable-channel-update.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00029.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00013.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1712.html
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
codereview.chromium.org / 1267183003
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201603-09
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3351
securitytracker.com / id/1033472