Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 19, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-6996
CVE-2008-6996
Description
Google Chrome BETA (0.2.149.27) does not prompt the user before saving an executable file, which makes it easier for remote attackers or malware to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) or exploit other vulnerabilities via a URL that references an executable file, possibly related to the "ask where to save each file before downloading" setting.
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Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
13- codereview.chromium.org/472/diff/1/2nvdExploit
- src.chromium.org/viewvc/chromenvd
- www.osvdb.org/48261nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495942/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495951/100/100/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495954/100/100/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495959/100/100/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495987/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496048/100/100/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496049nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31000nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44904nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6355nvd
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