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CVE-2013-0791 json

The CERT_DecodeCertPackage function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Mozilla Firefox before 20.0, Firefox ESR 17.x be…

published 2013-04-03 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2013-0802

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.2%
EPSS 5.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The CERT_DecodeCertPackage function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Mozilla Firefox before 20.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, Thunderbird before 17.0.5, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, SeaMonkey before 2.17, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and memory corruption) via a crafted certificate.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 17.0.5
  • mozilla network_security_services 3.15
  • mozilla seamonkey 2.17
  • mozilla thunderbird 17.0.5
  • mozilla thunderbird_esr 17.0.5
  • nss Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:3.14.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0791

  • rhev-hypervisor6 RHEL 6 6.4-20130815.0.el6_4
  • nss RHEL 5 3.14.3-6.el5_9
  • nspr RHEL 5 4.9.5-1.el5_9
  • nss-tools RHEL 5 3.14.3-6.el5_9
  • nspr RHEL 6 4.9.5-2.el6_4
  • nss RHEL 6 3.14.3-4.el6_4
  • nss-util RHEL 6 3.14.3-3.el6_4
  • nss-tools RHEL 6 3.14.3-4.el6_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1181RHSA-2013:1135RHSA-2013:1144

  • mozilla-nss openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.26.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10451-1

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-2013-0791 updated cvss 4.3

Mozilla: Out-of-bounds array read in CERT_DecodeCertPackage (MFSA 2013-40)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) nspr 4.9.5-1.el5_9, nss 3.14.3-6.el5_9, nss-tools 3.14.3-6.el5_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1135
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) nspr 4.9.5-2.el6_4, nss 3.14.3-4.el6_4, nss-util 3.14.3-3.el6_4, nss-tools 3.14.3-4.el6_4, nss-softokn 3.14.3-3.el6_4, nss-sysinit 3.14.3-4.el6_4, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) nspr 4.9.5-2.el6_4, nss 3.14.3-4.el6_4, nss-util 3.14.3-3.el6_4, nss-softokn 3.14.3-3.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) nspr 4.9.5-2.el6_4, nss 3.14.3-4.el6_4, nss-util 3.14.3-3.el6_4, nss-tools 3.14.3-4.el6_4, nss-softokn 3.14.3-3.el6_4, nss-sysinit 3.14.3-4.el6_4, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) nspr 4.9.5-2.el6_4, nss 3.14.3-4.el6_4, nss-util 3.14.3-3.el6_4, nss-softokn 3.14.3-3.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) nspr 4.9.5-2.el6_4, nss 3.14.3-4.el6_4, nss-util 3.14.3-3.el6_4, nss-tools 3.14.3-4.el6_4, nss-softokn 3.14.3-3.el6_4, nss-sysinit 3.14.3-4.el6_4, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) nss 3.14.3-4.el6_4
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) nspr 4.9.5-2.el6_4, nss 3.14.3-4.el6_4, nss-util 3.14.3-3.el6_4, nss-tools 3.14.3-4.el6_4, nss-softokn 3.14.3-3.el6_4, nss-sysinit 3.14.3-4.el6_4, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) nss 3.14.3-4.el6_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1144
  • Red Hat RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 rhev-hypervisor6 6.4-20130815.0.el6_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1181

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Exploit prediction

5.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.