CVE-2008-6998
Google Chrome < 0.2.149.29 - Stack-Based Buffer Overflow via Hover Over Long Path Link
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-6998. PoCs published by Shinnok.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 by using an excessively long URL path with repeated '/crash/' segments, causing the browser to crash when hovered or clicked.
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.
Exploits (1)
This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 by using an excessively long URL path with repeated '/crash/' segments, causing the browser to crash when hovered or clicked.