The XSSAuditor::canonicalize function in core/html/parser/XSSAuditor.cpp in the XSS auditor in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, does not properly choose a truncation point, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an unspecified linear-time attack.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1285
Reference (s):
- BID:75973
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75973
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=498982
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=196971&view=revision