Description
Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data that is improperly handled during text drawing, related to gpu/GrBitmapTextContext.cpp and gpu/GrDistanceFieldTextContext.cpp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1205.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://codereview.chromium.org/636233008
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=416289
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=449894
Scores
EPSS
0.0128
EPSS Percentile
66.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (1)
google/chrome
< 40.0.2214.85
Published
Jan 27, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026