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CVE-2015-6779

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-6779 describes a vulnerability in PDFium, a component used by Google Chrome prior to version 47.0.2526.73, where it fails to properly restrict the use of chrome: URLs. This allows remote attackers to bypass intended scheme restrictions through a crafted PDF document, potentially leading to information disclosure or other unintended actions, such as linking to chrome://settings. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial impact on integrity, with no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, readily available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 46.0.2490.86CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0203 is in the 64th 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

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: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:47.0.2526.73-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-6779Moderate

chromium-browser: Scheme bypass in PDFium

Dec 1, 2015

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2015/12/stable-channel-update.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00016.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00017.html
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
codereview.chromium.org / 1362433002
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201603-09
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3415
securityfocus.com / bid/78416
securitytracker.com / id/1034298