CVE-2015-6766 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the AppCache implementation of Google Chrome versions prior to 47.0.2526.73. This flaw allows a remote attacker with renderer access to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts due to incorrect AppCacheUpdateJob behavior. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. The EPSS score is low, suggesting a low probability of exploitation. There is no known active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Despite this, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating a degree of awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 46.0.2490.86CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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