Stack consumption vulnerability in the ChildProcessSecurityPolicy::CanRequestURL function in browser/child_process_security_policy.cc in Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a URL that specifies multiple protocols, as demonstrated by a URL that begins with many repetitions of the view-source: substring
Published Feb 18, 2010
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.47%
Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in the ChildProcessSecurityPolicy::CanRequestURL function in browser/child_process_security_policy.cc in Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a URL that specifies multiple protocols, as demonstrated by a URL that begins with many repetitions of the view-source: substring.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 4.0.249.0
- 0.2.149.27
- 0.2.149.29
- 0.2.149.30
- 0.2.152.1
- 0.2.153.1
- 0.3.154.0
- 0.3.154.3
- 0.4.154.18
- 0.4.154.22
- 0.4.154.31
- 0.4.154.33
- 1.0.154.36
- 1.0.154.39
- 1.0.154.42
- 1.0.154.43
- 1.0.154.46
- 1.0.154.48
- 1.0.154.52
- 1.0.154.53
- 1.0.154.59
- 1.0.154.65
- 2.0.156.1
- 2.0.157.0
- 2.0.157.2
- 2.0.158.0
- 2.0.159.0
- 2.0.169.0
- 2.0.169.1
- 2.0.170.0
- 2.0.172
- 2.0.172.2
- 2.0.172.8
- 2.0.172.27
- 2.0.172.28
- 2.0.172.30
- 2.0.172.31
- 2.0.172.33
- 2.0.172.37
- 2.0.172.38
- 3.0.182.2
- 3.0.190.2
- 3.0.193.2
- 3.0.195.21
- 3.0.195.24
- 3.0.195.32
- 3.0.195.33
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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:L/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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.47% (0.01471) | 72.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.47% (0.01471) | 70.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.32% (0.01317) | 78.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.34% (0.01338) | 86.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 30, 2023 | 1.34% (0.01338) | 84.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.69% (0.01691) | 85.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=31517 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://exchange.kg/other/chrome3_0day-denial_of_service_crash.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023506 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://twitter.com/akirsanov/statuses/7370288490 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14097 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=31517 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| http://exchange.kg/other/chrome3_0day-denial_of_service_crash.html | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1023506 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://twitter.com/akirsanov/statuses/7370288490 | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14097 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
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