CVE-2008-6995

Published Aug 19, 2009

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-189

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.2.149.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "D55D5075-D233-42D6-B1D6-77B7599650EB"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References