Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2013-5618
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsNodeUtils::LastRelease function in the table-editing user interface in the editor component in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.2, Thunderbird before 24.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.23 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering improper garbage collection.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
EPSS: 0.104 (95.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Seamonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 12.10, 13.04
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 18, 19, 20
- Opensuse — versions 12.2, 12.3, 13.1
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_eus — versions 6.5
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_aus — versions 6.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-5618?
- CVE-2013-5618 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2013-12-11.
- How severe is CVE-2013-5618?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.