CVE-2008-6998 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2008-6998?

CVE-2008-6998 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 18 Aug 2009. 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

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.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6998?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2008-6998?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-6998 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2008-6998 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-6998 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-v865-8vvq-3764.