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CVE-2015-1218

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1218 describes multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities within the DOM implementation of Blink, affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 41.0.2272.76. These flaws, specifically in HTMLScriptElement::didMoveToNewDocument and SVGScriptElement::didMoveToNewDocument, can be triggered by moving SCRIPT elements between documents. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity with a network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for denial of service or other unspecified impacts, including information disclosure and integrity compromise. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) has been identified, the vulnerability received some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 40.0.2214.115CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.6.zCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus:6.6.z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0138 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: chromium-browser-0:41.0.2272.76-1.el6_6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-1218Important

chromium-browser: Use-after-free in dom

Mar 3, 2015

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2015/03/stable-channel-update.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0627.html
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201503-12
src.chromium.org / viewvc/blink
securityfocus.com / bid/72901
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2521-1