CVE-2008-6995: Google Chrome

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 4.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer underflow in net/base/escape.cc in chrome.dll in Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a URI with an invalid handler followed by a "%" (percent) character, which triggers a buffer over-read, as demonstrated using an "about:%" URI.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: version 0.2.149.27 only

Published 2009-08-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.