The RenderCounter::updateCounter function in core/rendering/RenderCounter.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76, does not force a relayout operation and consequently does not initialize memory for a data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1228
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=444707
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=188180&view=revision