CVE-2015-1269

Published Jun 26, 2015

Last updated a year ago

Overview

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.
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-254

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "AA6ADD0A-4381-47BB-93F1-386ADB5C3924",
            "versionEndIncluding": "43.0.2357.81"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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