CVE-2008-6997

medium

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6386

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44941

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-6956

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31038

http://osvdb.org/48260

http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-inspect-element-denial-of.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-08-19

Updated: 2026-06-16

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