The DebuggerFunction::InitAgentHost function in browser/extensions/api/debugger/debugger_api.cc in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76 does not properly restrict what URLs are available as debugger targets, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted extension.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1226
Reference (s):
- BID:72901
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72901
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/03/stable-channel-update.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=456841
- https://codereview.chromium.org/910053002