CVE-2015-1216

high

Published 2015-03-09 · 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 V8Window::namedPropertyGetterCustom function in bindings/core/v8/custom/V8WindowCustom.cpp in the V8 bindings in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger a frame detachment.

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	Fixed in
ubuntu	14.04	affected
ubuntu	14.10	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
google	chrome	`{"endIncluding":"40.0.2214.115"}`

References

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

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