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critical 9.8

CVE-2013-5616 json

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEventListenerManager::HandleEventSubType function in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0, Firefox ESR 24.x be…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-5456

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.7%
EPSS 6.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEventListenerManager::HandleEventSubType function in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.2, Thunderbird before 24.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.23 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via vectors related to mListeners event listeners.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 24.2, 26.0
  • mozilla seamonkey 2.23
  • mozilla thunderbird 24.2
  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 24.2.0-2.el5_10
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 24.2.0-1.el6_5
  • firefox RHEL 5 24.2.0-1.el5_10
  • firefox RHEL 6 24.2.0-1.el6_5

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1823RHSA-2013:1812

  • 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-2013-5616 updated cvss 6.8

Mozilla: Use-after-free in event listeners (MFSA 2013-108)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 24.2.0-1.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 24.2.0-1.el5_10, thunderbird 24.2.0-2.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 24.2.0-1.el6_5, thunderbird 24.2.0-1.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 24.2.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1812
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 24.2.0-2.el5_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1823
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 24.2.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1812
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) thunderbird 24.2.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1823
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 24.2.0-1.el6_5, thunderbird 24.2.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1812

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Exploit prediction

6.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.mozilla.org https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=938341 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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