CVE-2007-2671 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2007-2671?

CVE-2007-2671 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 14 May 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long hostname in an HREF attribute in an A element, which triggers an out-of-bounds memory access.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2671?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2007-2671?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2671 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2007-2671 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-2671 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4fph-fwq5-pwx5.