CVE-2008-6997 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.7% (pctl 89)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via an IMG tag with a long src attribute, which triggers the crash when the victim performs an "Inspect Element" action.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.68% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-08-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| chrome |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 - Inspect Element Denial of Service | 2008-09-05 |
References
- http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-inspect-element-denial-of.html
- http://osvdb.org/48260
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31038
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44941
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6386
- http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-inspect-element-denial-of.html
- http://osvdb.org/48260
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31038
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44941
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6386
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