CVE-2008-4340

Published: Sep 30, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

4.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Google: Chrome

Google

1 product

Chrome

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Google Chrome	Version 0.2.149.29
Google Chrome	Version 0.2.149.30

Related CWEs

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (12)

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