THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-6994
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-6994

Chrome vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
10.2%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in the SaveAs feature (SaveFileAsWithFilter function) in win_util.cc in Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a web page with a long TITLE element, which triggers the overflow when the user saves the page and a long filename is generated. NOTE: it might be possible to exploit this issue via an HTTP response that includes a long filename in a Content-Disposition header.
Affected vendor
Google
Affected product
Chrome
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2009-08-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 10.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-6994

  • Confirm whether Google Chrome is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-6994.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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