Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2013-0782
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsSaveAsCharset::DoCharsetConversion function in Mozilla Firefox before 19.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.3, Thunderbird before 17.0.3, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.16 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
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: 0.054 (92.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.054 · newest: 0.054 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Seamonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Mozilla Thunderbird Esr
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 11.10, 12.04
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
- openSUSE — versions 11.4, 12.1, 12.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Aus — versions 5.9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 5.9, 6.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1729-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16906 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1729-2 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1748-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00062.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0271.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0272.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-28.html (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00017.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-0782?
- CVE-2013-0782 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. Published 2013-02-19.
- Is CVE-2013-0782 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.