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CVE-2008-6998
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…
High9.3EPSS 9.7%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.7% · top 4.5% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- google-chrome-href-dos(44934) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/chrome_official_branch/src/chrome/common/gfx/url_elider.cc?r1=1774&r2=1797&pathrev=1797 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- google-chrome-urlelider-bo(45032) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 31034 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2008/09/beta-release-0214929.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 6372 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 48264 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://shinnok.evonet.ro/vulns_html/chrome.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 31071 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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