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CVE-2008-6997

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 3.68% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-08-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2008-6997
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
3.68%
Chrome

Original NVD Description

Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via an IMG tag with a long src attribute, which triggers the crash when the victim performs an "Inspect Element" action.