CVE-2008-6998

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 None

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in chrome/common/gfx/url_elider.cc in Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 and other versions before 0.2.149.29 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a link target (href attribute) with a large number of path elements, which triggers the overflow when the status bar is updated after the user hovers over the link.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-6998

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2009-08-19T05:24:52

Last Modified Date
2017-09-29T01:33:28

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-119	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.2.149.27:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
9.3

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
10

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/chrome_official_branch/src/chrome/common/gfx/url_elider.cc?r1=1774&r2=1797&pathrev=1797	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31071	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31034	Exploit
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2008/09/beta-release-0214929.html	Vendor Advisory
http://shinnok.evonet.ro/vulns_html/chrome.html	Exploit
http://osvdb.org/48264
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45032
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44934
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6372

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6998
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6998

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:20:13				Added to TrackCVE