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CVE-2013-1680 json

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsFrameList::FirstChild function in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunde…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-1707

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.5%
EPSS 5.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsFrameList::FirstChild function in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY 17.0.6-1.el5_9
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 17.0.6-2.el6_4
  • firefox RHEL 5 17.0.6-1.el5_9
  • firefox RHEL 6 17.0.6-1.el6_4
  • xulrunner RHEL 5 17.0.6-1.el5_9
  • xulrunner RHEL 6 17.0.6-2.el6_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0821RHSA-2013:0820

  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 45.5.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-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-2013-1680 updated cvss 6.8

Mozilla: Memory corruption found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2013-48)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 17.0.6-1.el5_9, xulrunner 17.0.6-1.el5_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 17.0.6-1.el6_4, xulrunner 17.0.6-2.el6_4, thunderbird 17.0.6-2.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 17.0.6-2.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 17.0.6-1.el6_4, xulrunner 17.0.6-2.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 17.0.6-1.el6_4, xulrunner 17.0.6-2.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 17.0.6-2.el6_4, thunderbird 17.0.6-2.el6_4
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 17.0.6-1.el6_4, xulrunner 17.0.6-2.el6_4, thunderbird 17.0.6-2.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 17.0.6-2.el6_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0820
  • Red Hat RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 17.0.6-1.el5_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0821

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Exploit prediction

5.55% 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 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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

References

Sources

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