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

OS	Version	Status
ubuntu	14.04	affected
ubuntu	14.10	affected
suse	13.1	affected
suse	13.2	affected
macos	-	not-affected
rhel	6.0	affected
rhel	6.6	affected
linux-kernel	-	not-affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
google	chrome	`{"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.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.