CVE-2008-7246 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Google Chrome 0.2.149.29 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unusable browser) by calling the window.print function in a loop, aka a "printing DoS attack," possibly a related issue to CVE-2009-0821.

Published: 2009-09-18

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 2.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:0.2.149.27:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-7204	Google Chrome 0.2.149.29 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unusable browser) by calling the window.print function in a loop, aka a "printing DoS attack," possibly a related issue to CVE-2009-0821.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02788.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://websecurity.com.ua/2456/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506328/100/100/threaded

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-09-18T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:56:14.574Z

Reserved: 2009-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-7246

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-09-18T22:30:00.483

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

Link: CVE-2008-7246

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

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