The DragImage::create function in platform/DragImage.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76, does not initialize memory for image drawing, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact by triggering a failed image decoding, as demonstrated by an image for which the default orientation cannot be used.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1227
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=450389
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=189585&view=revision