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.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1209
Reference (s):
- BID:72497
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72497
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/chrome-for-android-update.html
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/02/stable-channel-update.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=447906