Mozilla: Crash due to handling of SSL on threads (MFSA 2013-07)
Published Jan 13, 2013
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.15%
Description
The nsSOCKSSocketInfo::ConnectToProxy function in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 does not ensure thread safety for SSL sessions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted data, as demonstrated by e-mail message data.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 17.0.3
- < 19.0
- < 2.16
- < 17.0.3
- < 17.0.3
Configuration 2
- 11.4
- 12.1
- 12.2
- 10
- 11
- 10
- 11
- 11
- 11
Configuration 3
- 10.04
- 11.10
- 12.04
- 12.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.15% (0.03148) | 87.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.15% (0.03148) | 86.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.65% (0.00649) | 69.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.57% (0.03575) | 91.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.51% (0.05509) | 92.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 95.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 94.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 88.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00007.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00017.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-07.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1681-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1681-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1681-4 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0764 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=804237 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892140 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0764
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16715 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0764
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