CVE-2015-1288: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Spellcheck API implementation in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 does not use an HTTPS session for downloading a Hunspell dictionary, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to deliver incorrect spelling suggestions or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, a related issue to CVE-2015-1263.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Google Chrome: up to and including 43.0.2357.134
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.1 only; version 13.2 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus: version 6.7z only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary: version 6.0 only

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