CVE-2008-0016 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2008-0016?

CVE-2008-0016 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 24 Sep 2008. 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

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.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0016?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0016?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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

Is CVE-2008-0016 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-0016 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-7683-prf8-wx5w.