CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-6998
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-08-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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.
Affected configurations
• google chrome 0.2.149.27
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2008/09/beta-release-0214929.html Vendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/48264 osvdb.org
- http://shinnok.evonet.ro/vulns_html/chrome.html Exploit
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/chrome_official_branch/src/chrome/common/gfx/url_elider.cc?r1=1774&r2=1797&pathrev=1797 Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31034 Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31071 Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44934 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45032 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6372 www.exploit-db.com
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2008/09/beta-release-0214929.html Vendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/48264 osvdb.org
- http://shinnok.evonet.ro/vulns_html/chrome.html Exploit
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/chrome_official_branch/src/chrome/common/gfx/url_elider.cc?r1=1774&r2=1797&pathrev=1797 Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31034 Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31071 Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44934 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45032 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6372 www.exploit-db.com