{"cve":"CVE-2015-1242","nvd":{"published":"2015-04-19T10:59:06.757","modified":"2026-06-17T00:22:01.550","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/04/stable-channel-update_14.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00040.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00024.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0816.html","http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2570-1"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","google:chrome","google:v8"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:35:35.528235705+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-1242","score":0.02951,"percentile":0.8717,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}