Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2013-0753
Use-after-free vulnerability in the serializeToStream implementation in the XMLSerializer component in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted web content.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.513 (98.9th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 98.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.513 · newest: 0.513 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Seamonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Mozilla Thunderbird Esr
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 11.10, 12.04
- openSUSE — versions 11.4, 12.1, 12.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 5.9, 6.3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 5.9
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17053 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00010.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0145.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1681-4 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0144.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-16.html (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00007.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1681-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00017.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-0753?
- CVE-2013-0753 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Use After Free. Published 2013-01-13.
- Is CVE-2013-0753 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.