What is CVE-2013-1708?

CVE-2013-1708 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. Published 2013-08-07.

Is CVE-2013-1708 known to be exploited?

8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2013-1708

Mozilla Firefox before 23.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.20 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted WAV file that is not properly handled by the nsCString::CharAt function.

Published 2013-08-07 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.032 (87.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox — versions 19.0, 19.0.1, 19.0.2
Mozilla Seamonkey — versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18803 (signature, vdb-entry)
www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-67.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-1708?: CVE-2013-1708 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. Published 2013-08-07.
Is CVE-2013-1708 known to be exploited?: 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.