CVE-2008-4340
Google Chrome 0.2.149.29 and 0.2.149.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-4340- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-4340- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-4321 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2008-4321- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vgpm-7vxc-rf5r No score
Google Chrome 0.2.149.29 and 0.2.149.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
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.
- Record
GHSA-vgpm-7vxc-rf5r- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Google Chrome - Carriage Return Null Object Memory Exhaustion | 2008-09-24 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-4340 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Google Chrome, published September 30, 2008. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.21%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.