Mozilla: Use-after-free in HTML Editor (MFSA 2013-29)
Published Mar 11, 2013
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.40%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEditor::IsPreformatted function in editor/libeditor/base/nsEditor.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 19.0.2, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.4, Thunderbird before 17.0.4, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.16.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an execCommand call.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
- ≤ 17.0.3
- 17.0
- 17.0.1
- 17.0.2
Configuration 4
- 17.0
- 17.0.1
- 17.0.2
- 17.0.3
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:17.0.3-2.el5_9
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0627
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:17.0.3-2.el5_9
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0614
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:17.0.3-2.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0627
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
xulrunner-0:17.0.3-2.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0614
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:17.0.3-2.el5_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0627 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:17.0.3-2.el5_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0614 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:17.0.3-2.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0627 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | xulrunner-0:17.0.3-2.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0614 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.40% (0.06398) | 93.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.40% (0.06398) | 92.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 24, 2026 | 8.28% (0.08281) | 92.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 14, 2026 | 4.56% (0.04557) | 89.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 12, 2025 | 6.17% (0.06174) | 90.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 11, 2025 | 4.52% (0.04519) | 88.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 9, 2025 | 3.36% (0.03359) | 86.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.96% (0.01958) | 81.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.74% (0.07735) | 86.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.96% (0.01958) | 82.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 11.53% (0.11525) | 95.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 27, 2023 | 9.68% (0.09680) | 94.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.64% (0.08644) | 93.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 87.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (20)
- http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157 x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00023.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00025.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00026.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00028.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0614.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0627.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309505403631325184 x_refsource_MISC
- http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309484730506698752 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-29.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58391 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1758-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0787 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=848644 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=918876 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0787
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16737 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0787
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