CVE-2015-1283: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 18.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 15.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Google Chrome: up to and including 43.0.2357.134
• Libexpat Project Libexpat: up to and including 2.1.0
• Opensuse Leap: version 42.1 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.1 only; version 13.2 only
• Oracle Solaris: version 10 only; version 11.3 only
• Python Python: from 2.7.0, before 2.7.12 (fixed in 2.7.12); from 3.3.0, before 3.3.7 (fixed in 3.3.7); from 3.4.0, before 3.4.5 (fixed in 3.4.5); from 3.5.0, before 3.5.2 (fixed in 3.5.2)
• Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo: version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 12 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 11 only; version 12 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: version 11 only; version 12 only
• Suse Studio Onsite: version 1.3 only

Published 2015-07-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.