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CVE-2008-6997

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-08-19 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: 0.2.149.27

References

• http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-inspect-element-denial-of.html
• http://osvdb.org/48260
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31038
• 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/31038
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44941
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6386

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