Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2013-1723
The NativeKey widget in Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Thunderbird before 24.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.21 processes key messages after destruction by a dispatched event listener, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by leveraging incorrect event usage after widget-memory reallocation.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
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: 0.018 (77.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 77.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · 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
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions 17.0, 17.0.1, 17.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00055.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/115907.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116610.html (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19028 (signature, vdb-entry)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/117526.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00057.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00061.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-80.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/62472 (vdb-entry)