CVE-2008-6997 describes a user-assisted denial-of-service vulnerability in Google Chrome version 0.2.149.27. An attacker can crash the browser by crafting an IMG tag with an excessively long src attribute, which triggers the crash when the victim uses the "Inspect Element" feature. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity leading to partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.2.149.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.2.149.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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