CVE-2015-5605
The regular-expression implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89,...
The regular-expression implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, mishandles interrupts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted JavaScript code, as demonstrated by an error in garbage collection during allocation of a stack-overflow exception message.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.0
The regular-expression implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, mishandles interrupts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted JavaScript code, as demonstrated by an error in garbage collection during allocation of a stack-overflow exception message.
- Record
CVE-2015-5605- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-17
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The regular-expression implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, mishandles interrupts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted JavaScript code, as demonstrated by an error in garbage collection during allocation of a stack-overflow exception message.
- Record
CVE-2015-5605- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-5559 No score
The regular-expression implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, mishandles interrupts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted JavaScript code, as demonstrated by an error in garbage collection during allocation of a stack-overflow exception message.
- Record
EUVD-2015-5559- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5cwx-3ppp-vw69 No score
The regular-expression implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89,...
The regular-expression implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, mishandles interrupts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted JavaScript code, as demonstrated by an error in garbage collection during allocation of a stack-overflow exception message.
- Record
GHSA-5cwx-3ppp-vw69- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-5605 No score
The regular-expression implementation in Google V8, as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, mishandles interrupts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted JavaScript code, as demonstrated by an error in garbage collection during allocation of a stack-overflow exception message.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5605- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2677-1 No score
oxide-qt vulnerabilities
An uninitialized value issue was discovered in ICU. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-1270)
A use-after-free was discovered in the GPU process implementation in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-1272)
A use-after-free was discovered in the IndexedDB implementation in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-1276)
A use-after-free was discovered in the accessibility implemetation in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-1277)
A memory corruption issue was discovered in Skia. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via renderer crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the sandboxed render process. (CVE-2015-1280)
It was discovered that Blink did not properly determine the V8 context of a microtask in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) restrictions. (CVE-2015-1281)
Multiple integer overflows were discovered in Expat. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-1283)
It was discovered that Blink did not enforce a page's maximum number of frames in some circumstances, resulting in a use-after-free. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via renderer crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the sandboxed render process. (CVE-2015-1284)
It was discovered that the XSS auditor in Blink did not properly choose a truncation point. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-1285)
An issue was discovered in the CSS implementation in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass same-origin restrictions. (CVE-2015-1287)
Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-1289)
A use-after-free was discovered in oxide::qt::URLRequestDelegatedJob in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-1329)
A crash was discovered in the regular expression implementation in V8 in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5605)
- Record
USN-2677-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
chromium-browserRed Hat:rhel_extras:6 From an advisory covering 20 CVEs |
before 0:44.0.2403.89-1.el6 | 0:44.0.2403.89-1.el6 |
chromium-browser-debuginfoRed Hat:rhel_extras:6 From an advisory covering 20 CVEs |
before 0:44.0.2403.89-1.el6 | 0:44.0.2403.89-1.el6 |
chromium-browserUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095, plus listed versions 29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu231.0.1650.63-0ubuntu1~20131204.132.0.1700.107-0ubuntu1~20140204.977.133.0.1750.152-0ubuntu1~pkg995.134.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2 Show 10 moreShow less36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.14.04.0~pkg102937.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104237.0.2062.120-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104938.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106139.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106440.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106840.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106941.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.107643.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.108943.0.2357.130-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1092 |
44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095 |
oxide-qtUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 1.8.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2, plus listed versions 1.0.0~bzr437-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr452-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr475-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr490-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu1 Show 14 moreShow less1.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu21.0.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.0.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.1.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.2.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.3.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.4.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.31.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.6.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.7.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.7.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
1.8.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 |
libv8-3.14Ubuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.14.5.8-5ubuntu2 |
None known |
libv8-3.14Ubuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.14.5.8-11ubuntu1 |
None known |
oxide-qtUbuntu:14.04:LTS From an advisory covering 13 CVEs |
before 1.8.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2, plus listed versions 1.0.0~bzr437-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr452-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr475-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr490-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu1 Show 14 moreShow less1.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu21.0.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.0.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.1.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.2.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.3.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.4.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.31.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.6.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.7.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.7.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
1.8.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-5605 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Google Chrome, published July 22, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.51%, the 74th percentile. Fixed in chromium-browser 44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095.
References
code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=512110
securityfocus.com/bid/76007
chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8.git/+/c67cb287a901ddf03d4ae4dafcf431d09fd3e22c
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1499.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00038.html
securitytracker.com/id/1033031
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code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=469480
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5605
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5cwx-3ppp-vw69
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1499
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245436
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245574
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245575
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245576
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245577
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245580
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245581
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245582
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245583
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245585
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245586
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245587
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245588
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245589
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245590
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245591
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245592
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245593
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245955
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2015/rhsa-2015_1499.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1270
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1270
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1270
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1271
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1271
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1271
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1272
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1272
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1272
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1273
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1273
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1273
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1274
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1274
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1274
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1276
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1276
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1276
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1277
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1277
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1277
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1278
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1278
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1278
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1279
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1279
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1279
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1280
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245584
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1280
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1280
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1281
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1281
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1281
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1282
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1282
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1282
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1283
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1283
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1283
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1284
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1284
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1284
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1285
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1285
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1285
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1286
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1286
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1286
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1287
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1287
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1287
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1288
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1288
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1288
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1289
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1289
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1289
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5605
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5605
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5605
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2677-1
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1270
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1272
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1276
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1277
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1280
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1281
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1283
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1284
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1285
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1287
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1289
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1329
launchpad.net/bugs/1466208