# CVE-2015-1252: common/partial\_circular\_buffer.cc in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65 does not properly handle wraps, which allows remote attackers to bypa

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-05-20 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

common/partial_circular_buffer.cc in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65 does not properly handle wraps, which allows remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via vectors that trigger a write operation with a large amount of data, related to the PartialCircularBuffer::Write and PartialCircularBuffer::DoWrite functions.

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## References

- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=474029
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00091.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00015.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032375
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3267
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1061053002
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74723

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