CVE-2015-1209 Information

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.

Reference

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 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=447906 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100715 https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=188788&view=revision