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critical 9.3

CVE-2013-5604 json

The txXPathNodeUtils::getBaseURI function in the XSLT processor in Mozilla Firefox before 25.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.10 and 24.x be…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-5444

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.5%
EPSS 6.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The txXPathNodeUtils::getBaseURI function in the XSLT processor in Mozilla Firefox before 25.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.10 and 24.x before 24.1, Thunderbird before 24.1, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.22 does not properly initialize data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via crafted documents.

Patch / fix

  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 17.0.10-1.el5_10
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 17.0.10-1.el6_4
  • firefox RHEL 5 17.0.10-1.el5_10
  • firefox RHEL 6 17.0.10-1.el6_4
  • xulrunner RHEL 5 17.0.10-1.el5_10
  • xulrunner RHEL 6 17.0.10-1.el6_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1480RHSA-2013:1476

  • 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-2013-5604 updated cvss 5.1

Mozilla: Access violation with XSLT and uninitialized data (MFSA 2013-95)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 17.0.10-1.el5_10, xulrunner 17.0.10-1.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 17.0.10-1.el5_10, xulrunner 17.0.10-1.el5_10, thunderbird 17.0.10-1.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 17.0.10-1.el6_4, xulrunner 17.0.10-1.el6_4, thunderbird 17.0.10-1.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 17.0.10-1.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) xulrunner 17.0.10-1.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 17.0.10-1.el6_4, xulrunner 17.0.10-1.el6_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1476
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 17.0.10-1.el5_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1480
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 17.0.10-1.el6_4, xulrunner 17.0.10-1.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 17.0.10-1.el6_4, thunderbird 17.0.10-1.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 17.0.10-1.el6_4, xulrunner 17.0.10-1.el6_4, thunderbird 17.0.10-1.el6_4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) xulrunner 17.0.10-1.el6_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1476

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Exploit prediction

6.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
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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