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$ cve CVE-2008-6995 JSON

CVE-2008-6995 EXPLOIT

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.8% (pctl 92)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Integer underflow in net/base/escape.cc in chrome.dll in Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a URI with an invalid handler followed by a "%" (percent) character, which triggers a buffer over-read, as demonstrated using an "about:%" URI.

Scoring

CVSS4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS4.8% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-189
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2009-08-19
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
googlechrome

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbGoogle Chrome 0.2.149.27 - Denial of Service2008-09-03

References

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