VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2015-1209

high
Published 2015-02-06 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the VisibleSelection::nonBoundaryShadowTreeRootNode function in core/editing/VisibleSelection.cpp in the DOM implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.111 on Windows, OS X, and Linux and before 40.0.2214.109 on Android, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code that triggers improper handling of a shadow-root anchor.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
redhat Red Hat Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
6.6 Affected —
6.0 Affected —
suse SUSE Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
13.2 Affected —
13.1 Affected —
ubuntu Ubuntu Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
14.10 Affected —
14.04 Affected —
linux Linux kernel Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
- Not affected —
macos macOS Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
- Not affected —

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
gcp googlechrome{"endExcluding":"40.0.2214.109"}40.0.2214.109

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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