CVE-2008-4340

N/A Unknown

Published: September 30, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Google Chrome 0.2.149.29 and 0.2.149.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an HTML document containing a carriage return ("\r\n\r\n") argument to the window.open function.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secniche.org/gcrds.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4339

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496688/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31375

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45403

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6554

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secniche.org/gcrds.html