CVE-2015-1251 (GCVE-0-2015-1251)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-05-20 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:40
VLAI
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the SpeechRecognitionClient implementation in the Speech subsystem in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
Chrome CNA under the Google root
CNA scorecard E 43/100 over 3373 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2015-05-19 00:00
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