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CVE-2008-6995

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2009-08-19 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Google Chrome

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References