CVE-2008-6995

medium

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6353

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44899

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=122

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-08-19

Updated: 2017-09-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium