CVE-2008-6997

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

19/08/2009

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.2.149.27:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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
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