Mozilla: Use-after-free, out of bounds read, and buffer overflow issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2013-28)
Published Feb 19, 2013
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.88%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsPrintEngine::CommonPrint function in Mozilla Firefox before 19.0, Thunderbird before 17.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.16 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 17.0.3
- < 19.0
- < 2.16
- < 17.0.3
- < 17.0.3
Configuration 2
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
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 2, 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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.88% (0.03881) | 89.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.88% (0.03881) | 88.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.56% (0.01558) | 79.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.47% (0.06474) | 84.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.60% (0.01602) | 80.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.42% (0.02420) | 90.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.42% (0.02420) | 88.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.29% (0.05288) | 89.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.29% (0.05288) | 88.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.29% (0.05288) | 75.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00017.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00062.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-28.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1729-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1729-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1748-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0781 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=821991 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=911868 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0781
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16934 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0781
Change history (0)
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