CVE-2008-7246 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Google Chrome by triggering a looped print command, requiring user interaction to initiate the attack.
- 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-2008-7246?
CVE-2008-7246 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 18 Sep 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7246?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2008-7246?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7246 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-2008-7246 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-7246 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xxww-hv47-2ppx.