Description
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.
Published: 2009-08-18
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: 21.8% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:49:02.620Z

Reserved: 2009-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6998

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Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-19T05:24:52.797

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-6998

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