CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It affects Chrome, Java. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2015-1242
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.68%
Chrome Java
Original NVD 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.