{"id":"CVE-2008-6997","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-6997","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:44:09.433Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2009-08-19T05:24:53.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:03:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["google/chrome"],"epss":{"score":0.03676,"percentile":0.89591,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2008-09-05","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":6386,"kind":"exploit","title":"Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 - Inspect Element Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6386","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/6386.html","file":"exploits/windows/dos/6386.html","published":"2008-09-05","added":"2008-09-04","updated":"2016-10-30","author":"Metacortex","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-48260","CVE-2008-6997"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-inspect-element-denial-of.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/48260","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31038","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44941","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6386","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-inspect-element-denial-of.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/48260","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31038","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44941","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6386","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6997","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}