| Name | CVE-2008-6998 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| chromium-browser (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 57.0.2987.98-1~deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 71.0.3578.80-1~deb9u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| chromium-browser | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| webkit | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- chromium-browser <not-affected> (Only 0.x is affected)
- webkit <not-affected> (chrome-specific issue)