CVE-2008-6995
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…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 4.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 - Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6353dos, windowspublished 3 Sept 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 6353 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 47908 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- https://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/Google_Chrome_Browser_0.2.149.27_in_chrome_dll.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080902 Google Chrome Browser (ver.0.2.149.27) Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/chrome_official_branch/src/net/base/escape.cc?r1=1757&r2=1760&pathrev=1760 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://evilfingers.com/advisory/google_chrome_poc.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=122 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- google-chrome-handlers-dos(44899) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30983 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 6353 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-6954 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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