CVE-2015-1255

Original summary

Normalized public record · Updated Nov 3, 2026

Use-after-free vulnerability in content/renderer/media/webaudio_capturer_source.cc in the WebAudio implementation in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improper handling of a stop action for an audio track.

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Affected products

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Remediation

Apply the vendor-supported fixed release or mitigation, then verify the affected component is no longer reachable.

1. Confirm the affected product and reachable code path exist in your environment.
2. Apply the vendor-supported patch or mitigation from the primary advisory.
3. Rescan the exact deployed revision and retain verification evidence.

Evidence coverage

SSVC priority

LOW

Confidence

Not available

Aliases

None reported

Scores appear only when corresponding evidence exists. Missing data is never interpreted as zero risk.

Sources and record history

1. openSUSE-SU-2015:0969 ↗
2. googlechromereleases.blogspot.com ↗
3. codereview.chromium.org ↗
4. GLSA-201506-04 ↗
5. openSUSE-SU-2015:1877 ↗
6. 1032375 ↗
7. DSA-3267 ↗
8. code.google.com ↗
9. 74723 ↗

Record history

Published May 20, 2015 · Last refreshed Nov 3, 2026