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http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2008/09/beta-release-0214929.html CVE-2008-6998
Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 - A HREF Denial of Service
Record summary
CVE-2008-6998 has a selected CVSS score of 9.3; EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.
Description
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.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
Available material
- Catalogued exploits
- 1
Proofs of concept
1Catalogued exploits
ExploitDBGoogle Chrome 0.2.149.27 - A HREF Denial of ServiceExploitDB exploitby ShinnokNot analyzed1 file
References
1048264vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/48264 shinnok.evonet.ro
http://shinnok.evonet.ro/vulns_html/chrome.html src.chromium.orgConfirmation
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/chrome_official_branch/src/chrome/common/gfx/url_elider.cc?r1=1774&r2=1797&pathrev=1797 31034vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31034 31071vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31071 google-chrome-href-dos(44934)vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44934 google-chrome-urlelider-bo(45032)vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45032 nvd.nist.gov
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6998 6372exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6372