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CVE-2013-1690 kev in the critical feed json

Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 do not prope…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-1717

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-03-28
epss
69.0%
EPSS 69.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 do not properly handle onreadystatechange events in conjunction with page reloading, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers an attempt to execute data at an unmapped memory location.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • mozilla firefox 17.0.7, 22.0
  • mozilla thunderbird 17.0.7
  • mozilla thunderbird_esr 17.0.7
  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY 17.0.7-1.el5_9
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 17.0.7-1.el6_4
  • firefox RHEL 5 17.0.7-1.el5_9
  • firefox RHEL 6 17.0.7-1.el6_4
  • xulrunner RHEL 5 17.0.7-1.el5_9
  • xulrunner RHEL 6 17.0.7-1.el6_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0982RHSA-2013:0981

  • 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-2013-1690 updated cvss 6.8

Mozilla: Execution of unmapped memory through onreadystatechange event (MFSA 2013-53)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 17.0.7-1.el5_9, xulrunner 17.0.7-1.el5_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 17.0.7-1.el6_4, xulrunner 17.0.7-1.el6_4, thunderbird 17.0.7-1.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 17.0.7-1.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 17.0.7-1.el6_4, xulrunner 17.0.7-1.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 17.0.7-1.el6_4, xulrunner 17.0.7-1.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 17.0.7-1.el6_4, thunderbird 17.0.7-1.el6_4
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 17.0.7-1.el6_4, xulrunner 17.0.7-1.el6_4, thunderbird 17.0.7-1.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 17.0.7-1.el6_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0981
  • Red Hat RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 17.0.7-1.el5_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0982

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/mozilla_firefox_onreadystatechange)
  2. Published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4y ago
Patch by
2022-04-18 (4y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Mozilla, Firefox and Thunderbird
CISA name
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

69.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/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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