CVE-2008-4340

Google Chrome - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

Description

Google Chrome 0.2.149.29 and 0.2.149.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an HTML document containing a carriage return ("\r\n\r\n") argument to the window.open function.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Aditya K Sood · htmldoswindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6554

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References (6)

[Third Party Advisory] http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4339

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6554

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45403

[Various Sources] http://secniche.org/gcrds.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31375

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496688/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0994

EPSS Percentile 93.0%

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (2)

google/chrome 0.2.149.29

google/chrome 0.2.149.30

Published Sep 30, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026