Buffer overflow in Google Chrome
CVE-2008-6998
Stack-based buffer overflow in chrome/common/gfx/url_elider.cc in Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 and other versions before 0.2.149.29 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a link target (href attribute) with a large number of path elements, which triggers the overflow when the status bar is updated after the user hovers over the link.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.097 (95.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Google Chrome — versions 0.2.149.27
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)