Use After Free in Apple macOS
CVE-2015-1209
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.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple macOS
- Google Chrome
- Linux Kernel
- Microsoft Windows
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 14.10
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 6.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 6.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100715 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72497 (vdb-entry)
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/stable-channel-update.html
- secunia.com/advisories/62818 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/62925 (third-party-advisory)
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/chrome-for-android-update.html
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml (vendor-advisory)
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail
- secunia.com/advisories/62917 (third-party-advisory)
- src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink