CVE-2008-6998

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-6998
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-19 05:24:52 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Google Chrome 'url_elider.cc' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
osvdb.org/48264 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 - A HREF Denial of Service - Windows dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
RETIRED: Google Chrome Malformed 'href' Tag Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
shinnok.evonet.ro/vulns_html/chrome.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 shinnok.evonet.ro Exploit
Google Chrome Releases: Beta release: 0.2.149.29 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 googlechromereleases.blogspot.com Vendor Advisory
[chrome] Diff of /branches/chrome_official_branch/src/chrome/common/gfx/url_elider.cc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 src.chromium.org Patch
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