CVE-2008-6998 (GCVE-0-2008-6998)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-18 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:49
VLAI?
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in chrome/common/gfx/url_elider.cc in Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 and other versions before 0.2.149.29 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a link target (href attribute) with a large number of path elements, which triggers the overflow when the status bar is updated after the user hovers over the link.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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Date Public ?
2008-09-05 00:00
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