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critical 9.3

CVE-2013-0753 in the critical feed json

Use-after-free vulnerability in the serializeToStream implementation in the XMLSerializer component in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-0764

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
51.3%
EPSS 51.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the serializeToStream implementation in the XMLSerializer component in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted web content.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 10.0.12, 17.0.2, 18.0
  • mozilla seamonkey 2.15
  • mozilla thunderbird 17.0.2
  • mozilla thunderbird_esr 10.0.12, 17.0.2
  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY 10.0.12-3.el5_9
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 10.0.12-3.el6_3
  • firefox RHEL 5 10.0.12-1.el5_9
  • firefox RHEL 6 10.0.12-1.el6_3
  • xulrunner RHEL 5 10.0.12-1.el5_9
  • xulrunner RHEL 6 10.0.12-1.el6_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0145RHSA-2013:0144

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 45.5.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-0753 updated cvss 6.8

Mozilla: Use-after-free in serializeToStream (MFSA 2013-16)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 10.0.12-1.el5_9, xulrunner 10.0.12-1.el5_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 10.0.12-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.12-1.el6_3, thunderbird 10.0.12-3.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.12-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 10.0.12-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.12-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 10.0.12-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.12-1.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.12-1.el6_3, thunderbird 10.0.12-3.el6_3
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 10.0.12-1.el6_3, xulrunner 10.0.12-1.el6_3, thunderbird 10.0.12-3.el6_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 10.0.12-1.el6_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0144
  • Red Hat RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 10.0.12-3.el5_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0145

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/mozilla_firefox_xmlserializer)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

51.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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