{"cve":"CVE-2008-6997","nvd":{"published":"2009-08-19T05:24:52.780","modified":"2026-06-16T23:03:23.600","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"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"],"products":["google:chrome"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-6997","score":0.03676,"percentile":0.89669,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}