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CVE-2015-1209

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-02-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 14.10
• Google Chrome: before 40.0.2214.109; before 40.0.2214.111 — fixed in 40.0.2214.109, 40.0.2214.111
• Opensuse: 13.1, 13.2
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 6.6
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 6.6
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 40.0.2214.109, 40.0.2214.111. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/chrome-for-android-update.html
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/stable-channel-update.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0163.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62670
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62818
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62917
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62925
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72497
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031709
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2495-1

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