CVE-2008-6997
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.
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 3.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.68% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 5 September 2008
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.7% 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.
References
- http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-inspect-element-denial-of.html
- http://osvdb.org/48260
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31038Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44941
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6386
- http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-inspect-element-denial-of.html
- http://osvdb.org/48260
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31038Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44941
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6386
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.