CVE-2008-6997

EPSS 3.7%

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.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

public PoCs found — 1

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References

http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-inspect-element-denial-of.html http://osvdb.org/48260 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44941 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6386 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31038