{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1298","details":"The RuntimeEventRouter::OnExtensionUninstalled function in extensions/browser/api/runtime/runtime_api.cc in Google Chrome before 45.0.2454.85 does not ensure that the setUninstallURL preference corresponds to the URL of a web site, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to trigger access to an arbitrary URL via a crafted extension that is uninstalled.","modified":"2025-09-08T16:43:19Z","published":"2015-09-03T22:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-1298"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1298"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.ca/2015/09/stable-channel-update.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1298"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"chromium-browser","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/chromium-browser@45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1097?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1097"}]}],"versions":["29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu2","31.0.1650.63-0ubuntu1~20131204.1","32.0.1700.107-0ubuntu1~20140204.977.1","33.0.1750.152-0ubuntu1~pkg995.1","34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2","36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.14.04.0~pkg1029","37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1042","37.0.2062.120-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1049","38.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1061","39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064","40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1068","40.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1069","41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1076","43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1089","43.0.2357.130-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1092","44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"chromium-browser","binary_version":"45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1097"},{"binary_name":"chromium-browser-l10n","binary_version":"45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1097"},{"binary_version":"45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1097","binary_name":"chromium-chromedriver"},{"binary_name":"chromium-codecs-ffmpeg","binary_version":"45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1097"},{"binary_name":"chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra","binary_version":"45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1097"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1298.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}