GHSA-gg9q-x7v7-56vv

GHSA-gg9q-x7v7-56vv PUBLISHED

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022

The Spellcheck API implementation in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89 does not use an HTTPS session for downloading a Hunspell dictionary, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to deliver incorrect spelling suggestions or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, a related issue to CVE-2015-1263.

Timeline

May 14, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 29, 2026 Distribution Patch
Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-gg9q-x7v7-56vv
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-gg9q-x7v7-56vv

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-gg9q-x7v7-56vv/fixes/registry"

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References

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=479162 url
https://codereview.chromium.org/1056103005 url
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 url
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00038.html url
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1288 advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html url
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1499.html url
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3315 url
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75973 url
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033031 url

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