CVE-2015-1242

Summary

CVECVE-2015-1242
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-04-19 10:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:24:00 UTC
DescriptionThe ReduceTransitionElementsKind function in hydrogen-check-elimination.cc in Google V8 before 4.2.77.8, as used in Google Chrome before 42.0.2311.90, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code that leverages "type confusion" in the check-elimination optimization.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Google Chrome All All All All
Application Google V8 All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Issue 1000893003: Incorrect handling of HTransitionElementsKind in hydrogen check elimination phase fixed. - Code Review CONFIRM codereview.chromium.org
Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201506-04) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Issue 1019033004: Version 4.2.77.8 (cherry-pick) - Code Review CONFIRM codereview.chromium.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3238-1 chromium-browser www.debian.org
Google Chrome Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Bypass Same-Origin Restrictions - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:0748-1: moderate: Security update for Chromium lists.opensuse.org
Issue 460917 - chromium - OOB write in v8 due to elements kind confusion - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Google Project Hosting CONFIRM code.google.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:1887-1: moderate: Security update for chromium lists.opensuse.org
Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
USN-2570-1: Oxide vulnerabilities | Ubuntu ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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