A recent hack against Chrome browser could crash your Chrome version 41 and above for Mac OS X, Windows and Chrome OS. Chrome 41 seems to crash on long and/or malformed URLs. The crash occurs only when accessing the long or malformed URL through a web server. The bug has been confirmed in Chrome 41 and patched in Chrome 42, & 43 running on MacOS, Windows, Chrome OS. However, there are mixed reports on Ubuntu. The crash issue appears to be small but is really serious, as it is possible for anyone to post the. Malformed URLs on a discussion forum, such as Reddit, and make the thread.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2015/04/awsnap-chrome-crash.html