CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It affects Windows, Linux, Android and other products. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
Original NVD Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the VisibleSelection::nonBoundaryShadowTreeRootNode function in core/editing/VisibleSelection.cpp in the DOM implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.111 on Windows, OS X, and Linux and before 40.0.2214.109 on Android, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code that triggers improper handling of a shadow-root anchor.