CVE-2008-6997

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—Exploit

Severity4.3Medium · CVSS 2.0

Exploitation probability3.68 %higher than 90% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitAvailablePublished on Exploit-DB

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.

CVSS

Base score: 4.3
Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.68 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 90
Score date: 10/21/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 - Inspect Element Denial of Service (9/5/2008)

Affected technologies (1)

Google — Chrome

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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