CVE-2008-6995 (GCVE-0-2008-6995)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-18 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:49
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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Date Public ?
2008-09-02 00:00
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