CVE-2015-1283

medium
Published 2015-07-23 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the XML_GetBuffer function in Expat through 2.1.0, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 and other products, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-2716.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1283

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1283.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.1.0-7
debian debianbullseyefixed2.1.0-7
debian debianforkyfixed2.1.0-7
debian debiansidfixed2.1.0-7
debian debiantrixiefixed2.1.0-7
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.04affected
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
debian debian9.0affected
suse suse42.1affected
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
suse suse12affected
suse suse11affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gcp googlechrome{"endIncluding":"43.0.2357.134"}
libexpat_projectlibexpat{"endIncluding":"2.1.0"}
python pythonpython{"startIncluding":"2.7.0","endExcluding":"2.7.12"}2.7.12
suse suselinux_enterprise_debuginfo11
suse susestudio_onsite1.3

References

CWEs

CWE-190

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.