CVE-2008-0016
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 43.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 43.9% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0029)
- Published
- September 24, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0029 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
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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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32196
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-37.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31397
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020913
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443288(Patch)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451617
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11579
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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