RCE in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2013-0758
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 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by leveraging improper interaction between plugin objects and SVG elements.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
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: 0.734 (99.5th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.734 · newest: 0.734 · 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:17087 (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)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00007.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-15.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1681-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-0758?
- CVE-2013-0758 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Code Injection. Published 2013-01-13.
- Is CVE-2013-0758 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.