USN-2556-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2556-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2556-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2556-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2015-04-07T10:47:13Z
Modified
2026-02-10T04:40:53Z
Summary
oxide-qt vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Chromium did not properly handle the interaction of IPC, the gamepad API and V8. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-1233)

A buffer overflow was discovered in the GPU service. 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. (CVE-2015-1234)

It was discovered that Oxide did not correctly manage the lifetime of BrowserContext, resulting in a potential use-after-free 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-2015-1317)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / oxide-qt

Package

Name
oxide-qt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/oxide-qt@1.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0~bzr437-0ubuntu1
1.0.0~bzr452-0ubuntu1
1.0.0~bzr475-0ubuntu1
1.0.0~bzr490-0ubuntu1
1.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu1
1.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu2
1.0.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1.0.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1.1.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1.2.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1.3.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1.4.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "liboxideqt-qmlplugin",
            "binary_version": "1.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liboxideqtcore0",
            "binary_version": "1.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liboxideqtquick0",
            "binary_version": "1.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "oxideqmlscene",
            "binary_version": "1.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "oxideqt-chromedriver",
            "binary_version": "1.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "oxideqt-codecs",
            "binary_version": "1.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "oxideqt-codecs-extra",
            "binary_version": "1.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2556-1.json"
cves_map
{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2015-1233",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2015-1234",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2015-1317",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}