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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 19, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-1242

CVE-2015-1242

Description

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.

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Affected products

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  • Google/Chrome2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=42.0.2311.60
    • (no CPE)range: <42.0.2311.90
  • Google/V82 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:google:v8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:google:v8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.2.77.7
    • (no CPE)range: <4.2.77.8
  • Canonical/Ubuntu Linux3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Debian/linux
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • osv-coords
    pkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
    Range: < 55.0.2883.75-3.1

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