Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2013-6673
Mozilla Firefox before 26.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.2, Thunderbird before 24.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.23 do not recognize a user's removal of trust from an EV X.509 certificate, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers in opportunistic circumstances via a valid certificate that is unacceptable to the user.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
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
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit — versions 11.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/64213 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00120.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00010.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00119.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123437.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124257.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1029470 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00086.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00121.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-6673?
- CVE-2013-6673 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2013-12-11.
- How severe is CVE-2013-6673?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.