chromium-browser: use-after-free in DOM
Published Feb 6, 2015
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.85%
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
No data.
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
- 14.04
- 14.10
Configuration 4
- 6.0
- 6.6
- 6.0
- 6.6
- 6.0
No data.
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
chromium-browser-0:40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0163
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
webkitgtk
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
webkitgtk3
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | chromium-browser-0:40.0.2214.111-1.el6_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0163 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | webkitgtk | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | webkitgtk3 | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the versions of webkitgtk and webkitgtk3 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 respectively. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.85% (0.02854) | 86.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.85% (0.02854) | 84.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.02% (0.01023) | 75.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.01% (0.02011) | 89.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 2.00% (0.01998) | 87.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.44% (0.01441) | 84.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/chrome-for-android-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/stable-channel-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0163.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62670 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62818 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62917 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62925 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-13.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72497 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031709 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2495-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1209 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1190123 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=447906 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100715 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1209
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=188788&view=revision x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1209
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