CVE-2008-6994
Stack-based buffer overflow in the SaveAs feature (SaveFileAsWithFilter function) in win_util.cc in Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a web page with a long TITLE element, which triggers the overflow when the user saves the page and a long filename is generated. NOTE: it might be possible to exploit this issue via an HTTP response that includes a long filename in a Content-Disposition header.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 10.2% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-6953)
- Published
- August 19, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-6953 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- google / chrome
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1414
- http://osvdb.org/48259
- http://security.bkis.vn/?p=119(Exploit)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020823(Exploit)
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/chrome_official_branch/src/chrome/common/win_util.cc?r1=1757&r2=1766&pathrev=1766(Exploit)
- http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/critical-vulnerability-patched-in-googles-chrome-599(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496042/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31029(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31031(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44935
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44939
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6365
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6367
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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