Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65 relies on libvpx code that was not built with an appropriate –size-limit value, which allows remote attackers to trigger a negative value for a size field, and consequently cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact, via a crafted frame size in VP9 video data.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1258
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=450939
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1106303002