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.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1288
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=479162
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1056103005