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CVE-2015-1287

Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, enables a quirks-mode exception that limits the cases in which a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) document is required to have the text/css content type, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site, related to core/fetch/CSSStyleSheetResource.cpp.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2015-1287 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 7 products from opensuse, from google, from redhat and 4 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2015, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.

Published

2015-07-23T00:59:16.443

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-17

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes
Application	google	chrome	≤ 43.0.2357.134	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_supplementary	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus	6.7z	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary	6.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00038.html ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1499.html ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3315 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75973 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033031 ([email protected])
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=419383 ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 ([email protected])
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=195266&view=revision ([email protected])
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00038.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1499.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3315 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75973 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033031 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=419383 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=195266&view=revision (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For opensuse's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.