CVE-2008-7061
Google Chrome 0.2.149.29 - Denial of Service via Long Title Attribute in Tooltip
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-7061. PoCs published by Exodus.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 by overflowing the title attribute with a large buffer of characters, causing the browser to freeze. The PoC uses JavaScript to generate a buffer of 31337 'E' characters and injects it into the title attribute.
Description
The tooltip manager (chrome/views/tooltip_manager.cc) in Google Chrome 0.2.149.29 Build 1798 and possibly other versions before 0.2.149.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a tag with a long title attribute, which is not properly handled when displaying a tooltip, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-6994. NOTE: there is inconsistent information about the environments under which this issue exists.
Exploits (1)
This exploit triggers a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 by overflowing the title attribute with a large buffer of characters, causing the browser to freeze. The PoC uses JavaScript to generate a buffer of 31337 'E' characters and injects it into the title attribute.