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CVE-2013-1717 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-2013-1744

cvss
5.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
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 do not properly restrict local-filesystem access by Java applets, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging a download to a fixed pathname or other predictable pathname.

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

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

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-1717 updated cvss 4.3

Mozilla: Local Java applets may read contents of local file system (MFSA 2013-75)

  • 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

2.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.4 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Classification

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

References

Sources

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