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CVE-2013-1713 json

Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, and SeaMonkey b…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-1740

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.20 use an incorrect URI within unspecified comparisons during enforcement of the Same Origin Policy, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or install arbitrary add-ons via a crafted web site.

Patch / fix

  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY 17.0.8-5.el5_9
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 17.0.8-5.el6_4
  • firefox RHEL 5 17.0.8-1.el5_9
  • firefox RHEL 6 17.0.8-1.el6_4
  • xulrunner RHEL 5 17.0.8-3.el5_9
  • xulrunner RHEL 6 17.0.8-3.el6_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1142RHSA-2013:1140

  • 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

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-1713 updated cvss 4.3

Mozilla: Wrong principal used for validating URI for some Javascript components (MFSA 2013-72)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 17.0.8-1.el5_9, xulrunner 17.0.8-3.el5_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 17.0.8-1.el6_4, xulrunner 17.0.8-3.el6_4, thunderbird 17.0.8-5.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 17.0.8-3.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 17.0.8-1.el6_4, xulrunner 17.0.8-3.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 17.0.8-1.el6_4, xulrunner 17.0.8-3.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 17.0.8-3.el6_4, thunderbird 17.0.8-5.el6_4
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 17.0.8-1.el6_4, xulrunner 17.0.8-3.el6_4, thunderbird 17.0.8-5.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 17.0.8-3.el6_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1140
  • Red Hat RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 17.0.8-5.el5_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1142

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Exploit prediction

1.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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