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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 - Inspect Element Denial of Service EDB-6386 · dos · Sep 5, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 48260 vdb-entry
- 6386 exploit
- google-chrome-inspectelement-dos(44941) vdb-entry
- http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-inspect-element-denial-of.html
- 31038 vdb-entry