CVE-2015-1242

The 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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - chrome-cve-admin@google.com

Published

2015-04-19

Last modified

2024-08-06

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Chrome (Google)
• V8 (Google)

References

• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00040.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00024.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0816.html
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2570-1
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3238
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032209
• https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=460917
• https://codereview.chromium.org/1000893003
• https://codereview.chromium.org/1019033004
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201506-04