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CVE-2015-1269
The DecodeHSTSPreloadRaw function in net/http/transport_security_state.cc in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.130 does not properly…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- Chrome
Description
The DecodeHSTSPreloadRaw function in net/http/transport_security_state.cc in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.130 does not properly canonicalize DNS hostnames before making comparisons to HSTS or HPKP preload entries, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a string that (1) ends in a . (dot) character or (2) is not entirely lowercase.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (11)
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1872 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1032731 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 75336 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1149753002 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2652-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1188 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1146 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/06/chrome-stable-update.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201507-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=461481 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3315 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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