CVE-2015-1317: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Use-after-free vulnerability in Oxide before 1.5.6 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by deleting all WebContents while a RenderProcessHost instance still exists.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 14.10 only
• Oxide Project Oxide: up to and including 1.5.5; version 1.6.0 only

Published 2015-04-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.