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CVE-2015-8479

Use-after-free vulnerability in the AudioOutputDevice::OnDeviceAuthorized function in media/audio...

7.5 HighFix available

CVE-2015-8479 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Google Chrome, published December 6, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.63%, the 50th percentile. Fixed in chromium-browser 47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1106.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.5 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
0.63%EPSS, 50th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1106chromium-browser +3 more

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the AudioOutputDevice::OnDeviceAuthorized function in media/audio/audio_output_device.cc in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering access to an unauthorized audio output device.

Exploit likelihood

0.63%Down 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
chromium-browser
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
From an advisory covering 26 CVEs
before 0:47.0.2526.73-1.el6
0:47.0.2526.73-1.el6
chromium-browser-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
From an advisory covering 26 CVEs
before 0:47.0.2526.73-1.el6
0:47.0.2526.73-1.el6
chromium-browser
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1106, 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
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36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.14.04.0~pkg102937.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104237.0.2062.120-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104938.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106139.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106440.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106840.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106941.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.107643.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.108943.0.2357.130-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109244.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109545.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109745.0.2454.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1099
47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1106
oxide-qt
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 1.11.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions
1.0.0~bzr437-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr452-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr475-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr490-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu1
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1.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu21.0.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.0.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.1.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.2.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.3.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.4.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.31.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.6.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.7.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.7.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.8.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.9.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.9.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.10.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1.11.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.5

Use-after-free vulnerability in the AudioOutputDevice::OnDeviceAuthorized function in media/audio/audio_output_device.cc in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering access to an unauthorized audio output device.

Record
CVE-2015-8479
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the AudioOutputDevice::OnDeviceAuthorized function in media/audio/audio_output_device.cc in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering access to an unauthorized audio output device.

Record
CVE-2015-8479
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-8360No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the AudioOutputDevice::OnDeviceAuthorized function in media/audio/audio_output_device.cc in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering access to an unauthorized audio output device.

Record
EUVD-2015-8360
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f37m-mqw6-rqv5No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the AudioOutputDevice::OnDeviceAuthorized function in media/audio...

Use-after-free vulnerability in the AudioOutputDevice::OnDeviceAuthorized function in media/audio/audio_output_device.cc in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering access to an unauthorized audio output device.

Record
GHSA-f37m-mqw6-rqv5
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-8479No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in the AudioOutputDevice::OnDeviceAuthorized function in media/audio/audio_output_device.cc in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering access to an unauthorized audio output device.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8479
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
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