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CVE-2008-6998

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2009-08-19 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Google Chrome

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References