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MFSA2008-37 SeaMonkey: UTF-8 URL stack buffer overflow (CVE-2008-0016)

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MFSA2008-37 SeaMonkey: UTF-8 URL stack buffer overflow (CVE-2008-0016)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/24/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/03/2012
Modified
02/13/2015

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.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-seamonkey-upgrade-1_1_12

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