CVE-2008-4340 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.2% (pctl 91)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Google Chrome 0.2.149.29 and 0.2.149.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an HTML document containing a carriage return ("\r\n\r\n") argument to the window.open function.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 4.21% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-09-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| chrome |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Google Chrome - Carriage Return Null Object Memory Exhaustion | 2008-09-24 |
References
- http://secniche.org/gcrds.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4339
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496688/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31375
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45403
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6554
- http://secniche.org/gcrds.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4339
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496688/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31375
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45403
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6554
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