VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-4340

Google Chrome 0.2.149.29 and 0.2.149.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an HTML document containing a carriage return ("\r\n\r\n") argument to the window.open function.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 4.21%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 4.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS: 4.21% probability · 91th percentile
Public exploits: 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 24 September 2008
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-20
Affected: google/chrome
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 4.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-6554 source ↗	Google Chrome - Carriage Return Null Object Memory Exhaustionwindows · Aditya K Sood	dos	24 September 2008	yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.