CVE-2008-6995
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 4.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 4.8% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-6954)
- 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-2008-6954 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- google / chrome
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-09/0028.html(Exploit)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=122
- http://evilfingers.com/advisory/google_chrome_poc.php(Exploit)
- http://osvdb.org/47908(Exploit)
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/branches/chrome_official_branch/src/net/base/escape.cc?r1=1757&r2=1760&pathrev=1760(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30983(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44899
- https://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/Google_Chrome_Browser_0.2.149.27_in_chrome_dll.php(Exploit)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6353
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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