CVE-2008-0016

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 43.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the URL parsing implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted UTF-8 URL in a link.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 2.0.0.16; 0.8, 0.9, 0.9-rc, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3 (+44)
Mozilla Seamonkey: through 1.1.11; 1.0, 1.0-beta, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4 (+9)

References

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31984
http://secunia.com/advisories/31985
http://secunia.com/advisories/32010
http://secunia.com/advisories/32012
http://secunia.com/advisories/32042
http://secunia.com/advisories/32044
http://secunia.com/advisories/32082
http://secunia.com/advisories/32092
http://secunia.com/advisories/32144
http://secunia.com/advisories/32185

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