The tooltip manager (chrome/views/tooltip_manager.cc) in Google Chrome 0.2.149.29 Build 1798 and possibly other versions before 0.2.149.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a tag with a long title attribute, which is not properly handled when displaying a tooltip, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-6994
Published Aug 24, 2009
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.26%
Description
The tooltip manager (chrome/views/tooltip_manager.cc) in Google Chrome 0.2.149.29 Build 1798 and possibly other versions before 0.2.149.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a tag with a long title attribute, which is not properly handled when displaying a tooltip, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-6994. NOTE: there is inconsistent information about the environments under which this issue exists.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.26% (0.04256) | 90.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.26% (0.04256) | 89.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.51% (0.07511) | 91.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 4, 2025 | 12.78% (0.12775) | 95.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 11, 2024 | 9.44% (0.09444) | 94.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2023 | 4.99% (0.04990) | 91.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 30, 2023 | 3.58% (0.03584) | 90.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.56% (0.02560) | 88.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.36% (0.05356) | 89.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.36% (0.05356) | 88.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.36% (0.05356) | 76.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2008/09/beta-release-0214930.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/browser/render_widget_host_hwnd.cc?r1=1287&r2=2042&pathrev=2042 x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/views/tooltip_manager.cc?r1=1287&r2=2042&pathrev=2042 x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=2042 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.blackhat.org.il/exploits/chrome-freeze-exploit.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496078/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496094/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496101/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496126/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496138/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496145/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496146/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496151/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496172/100/100/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30975 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45039 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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