Description
Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data that is improperly handled during text drawing, related to gpu/GrBitmapTextContext.cpp and gpu/GrDistanceFieldTextContext.cpp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-1205.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | chromium-browser | 40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1068 | — |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | oxide-qt | 1.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | — |