CVE-2015-6777

high

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ContainerNode::notifyNodeInsertedInternal function in WebKit/Source/core/dom/ContainerNode.cpp in the DOM implementation in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.73 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to DOMCharacterDataModified events for certain detached-subtree insertions.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09

https://codereview.chromium.org/1420653003/

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=544020

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2825-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034298

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78416

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3415

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00017.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00016.html

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/12/stable-channel-update.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-12-06

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High