CVE-2015-1209 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the Blink DOM implementation, specifically within the VisibleSelection::nonBoundaryShadowTreeRootNode function. This flaw affects Google Chrome on Windows, OS X, Linux, and Android, as well as products from Apple, Canonical, Microsoft, openSUSE, and Red Hat. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts through crafted JavaScript. The attack complexity is low, as it can be triggered by simply visiting a malicious webpage. While this CVE is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no known active exploitation, there is no public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Despite this, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 40.0.2214.109CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* | ||
< 40.0.2214.111CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
14.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.