ubuntu-cve-2015-1288
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-07-23 00:59
Modified
2025-09-08 16:43
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
negligible
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser",
            "binary_version": "44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser-l10n",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "chromium-chromedriver",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg",
            "binary_version": "44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra",
            "binary_version": "44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "chromium-browser",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/chromium-browser@44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu2",
        "31.0.1650.63-0ubuntu1~20131204.1",
        "32.0.1700.107-0ubuntu1~20140204.977.1",
        "33.0.1750.152-0ubuntu1~pkg995.1",
        "34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2",
        "36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.14.04.0~pkg1029",
        "37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1042",
        "37.0.2062.120-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1049",
        "38.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1061",
        "39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064",
        "40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1068",
        "40.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1069",
        "41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1076",
        "43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1089",
        "43.0.2357.130-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1092"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1288",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:43:19Z",
  "published": "2015-07-23T00:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1288"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1288"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "negligible",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-1288"
  ]
}



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