CVE-2015-6757

high

Published 2015-10-15 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in content/browser/service_worker/embedded_worker_instance.cc in the ServiceWorker implementation in Google Chrome before 46.0.2490.71 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging object destruction in a callback.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
google	chrome	`{"endIncluding":"45.0.2454.101"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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