CVE-2008-6997

Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via an IMG tag with a long src attribute, which triggers the crash when the victim performs an "Inspect Element" action.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2009-08-19

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Chrome (Google)

References

• http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-inspect-element-denial-of.html
• http://osvdb.org/48260
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31038
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44941
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6386