CVE-2008-4340 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via memory consumption in Google Chrome by using a specific carriage return argument in window.open.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-4340?
CVE-2008-4340 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 30 Sep 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Google Chrome 0.2.149.29 and 0.2.149.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an HTML document containing a carriage return ("\r\n\r\n") argument to the window.open function.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4340?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4340?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4340 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-4340 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-4340 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vgpm-7vxc-rf5r.