CVE-2008-6997

no score yetEPSS 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.

EPSS: 3.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 89% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2009-08-19
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

google:chrome

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

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