platform/fonts/shaping/HarfBuzzShaper.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65, does not initialize a certain width field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted Unicode text.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1262
Reference (s):
- BID:74723
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74723
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=476647
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=194541&view=revision