Mozilla: Memory corruption found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2013-48)
Published May 16, 2013
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.44%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::plugins::child::_geturlnotify function in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 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
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
- ≤ 17.0.5
- 17.0
- 17.0.1
- 17.0.2
- 17.0.3
- 17.0.4
Configuration 4
- 17.0
- 17.0.1
- 17.0.2
- 17.0.3
- 17.0.4
- 17.0.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:17.0.6-1.el5_9
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0820
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:17.0.6-1.el5_9
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0821
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:17.0.6-1.el5_9
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0820
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:17.0.6-1.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0820
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:17.0.6-2.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0821
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
xulrunner-0:17.0.6-2.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0820
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:17.0.6-1.el5_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0820 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:17.0.6-1.el5_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0821 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:17.0.6-1.el5_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0820 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:17.0.6-1.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0820 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:17.0.6-2.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0821 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | xulrunner-0:17.0.6-2.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0820 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | 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:L/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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 5.44% (0.05437) | 92.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.44% (0.05437) | 91.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.17% (0.02169) | 82.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.25% (0.08249) | 86.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.80% (0.02797) | 85.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 18.22% (0.18216) | 96.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 14, 2024 | 17.10% (0.17102) | 96.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 11, 2024 | 9.52% (0.09515) | 94.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.34% (0.08339) | 93.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 93.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 92.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 82.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00011.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00012.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00008.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0820.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0821.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:165 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-48.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59860 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1822-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1823-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1679 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=848237 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962603 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1679
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17085 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1679
Change history (0)
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