CVE-2015-6777
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.58%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.58% probability · 75th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 1.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/12/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00017.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3415
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78416
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034298
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2825-1
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=544020
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1420653003/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/12/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-12/msg00017.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3415
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78416
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034298
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2825-1
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=544020
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1420653003/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.