CVE-2008-0016

Mozilla UTF-8 stack buffer overflow

Published Sep 24, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 43.9% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1649-1 New iceweasel packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1669-1 New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1696-1 New icedove packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1697-1 New iceape packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-645-1 Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-645-2 Firefox vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~ cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31984 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31985 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32010 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32012 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32042 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32044 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32082 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32092 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32144 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32185 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32196 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 cve-icon cve-icon
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422 cve-icon cve-icon
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232 cve-icon cve-icon
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-37.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31397 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020913 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443288 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451617 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0016 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11579 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0016 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 7:32 AM
Reserved
Dec 13, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 24, 2008, 8:37 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:48 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Sep 23, 2008, 12:00 AM