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 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.
- EPSS
- 9.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-119
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- google:chrome
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2008/09/beta-release-0214929.html
- http://osvdb.org/48264
- http://shinnok.evonet.ro/vulns_html/chrome.html
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/chrome_official_branch/src/chrome/common/gfx/url_elider.cc?r1=1774&r2=1797&pathrev=1797
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31034