CVE-2008-6998: Google Chrome

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 9.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in chrome/common/gfx/url_elider.cc in Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 and other versions before 0.2.149.29 might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a link target (href attribute) with a large number of path elements, which triggers the overflow when the status bar is updated after the user hovers over the link.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: version 0.2.149.27 only

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