CVE-2015-1205

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

Published: 2015-01-22 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-1205 is rated Moderate Risk (56.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.00%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1205

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 1.20% 1.00% -0.20%
2 2025-06-04 1.30% 1.20% -0.10%
3 2025-05-25 1.30%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1205

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1205

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1205

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2015-1205: 1 GLSA(s) (201502-13), 1 atom(s) (www-client/chromium); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-1205
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1205
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-1205 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (chromium-browser, oxide-qt), 14 status rows across 7 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily): released 10, DNE 2, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1205

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1205

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google chrome <= 40.0.2214.85 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
chromium chromium <= 40.0.2214.94 cpe:2.3:a:chromium:chromium:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1205

URL Tags
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/01/stable-update.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62383
http://secunia.com/advisories/62575
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72288
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031623
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2476-1
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=327070
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=334448
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=410030
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=411026
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=411156
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=413530
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=422765
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=423899
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=425040
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=425151
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=428828
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=429134
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=429139
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=431187
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=431603
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=432209
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=434723
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=435514
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=435815
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=437655
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=438363
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=439319
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=440572
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=440913
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=441834
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=443274
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=443333
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=446076
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=449894
https://support.apple.com/HT205212
https://support.apple.com/HT205221
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