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CVE-2015-6788

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-6788 describes a critical type confusion vulnerability in the ObjectBackedNativeHandler class within the extensions subsystem of Google Chrome versions prior to 47.0.2526.80. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 10.0, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service and potentially achieve other unspecified impacts with low attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its perceived importance.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 47.0.2526.73CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0320 is in the 76th 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

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-0:47.0.2526.80-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-6788Important

chromium-browser: Type confusion in extensions

Dec 8, 2015

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2015/12/stable-channel-update_8.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00016.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00017.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-2618.html
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
codereview.chromium.org / 1422383003
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201603-09
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3418
securityfocus.com / bid/78734