CVE-2008-6995
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.
- EPSS
- 4.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 91% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-189
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- google:chrome
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-09/0028.html
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=122
- http://evilfingers.com/advisory/google_chrome_poc.php
- http://osvdb.org/47908
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/chrome_official_branch/src/net/base/escape.cc?r1=1757&r2=1760&pathrev=1760