VulnerabilityModified
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…
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 4.80%
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.80%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.80% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-09/0028.htmlExploit
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=122
- http://evilfingers.com/advisory/google_chrome_poc.phpExploit
- http://osvdb.org/47908Exploit
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/chrome_official_branch/src/net/base/escape.cc?r1=1757&r2=1760&pathrev=1760Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30983Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44899
- https://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/Google_Chrome_Browser_0.2.149.27_in_chrome_dll.phpExploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6353
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-09/0028.htmlExploit
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=122
- http://evilfingers.com/advisory/google_chrome_poc.phpExploit
- http://osvdb.org/47908Exploit
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/chrome_official_branch/src/net/base/escape.cc?r1=1757&r2=1760&pathrev=1760Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30983Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44899
- https://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/Google_Chrome_Browser_0.2.149.27_in_chrome_dll.phpExploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6353
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.