Mozilla: Crash during WAV audio file decoding (MFSA 2013-67)
Published Aug 7, 2013
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.18%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 23.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.20 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted WAV file that is not properly handled by the nsCString::CharAt function.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 2.20
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.0.12
- 2.0.13
- 2.0.14
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4
- 2.4.1
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7
- 2.7.1
- 2.7.2
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.8
- 2.9
- 2.9
- 2.9
- 2.9
- 2.9
- 2.9.1
- 2.10
- 2.10
- 2.10
- 2.10
- 2.10.1
- 2.11
- 2.11
- 2.11
- 2.11
- 2.11
- 2.11
- 2.11
- 2.12
- 2.12
- 2.12
- 2.12
- 2.12
- 2.12
- 2.12
- 2.12.1
- 2.13
- 2.13
- 2.13
- 2.13
- 2.13
- 2.13
- 2.13
- 2.13.1
- 2.13.2
- 2.14
- 2.14
- 2.14
- 2.14
- 2.14
- 2.14
- 2.15
- 2.15
- 2.15
- 2.15
- 2.15
- 2.15
- 2.15
- 2.15.1
- 2.15.2
- 2.16
- 2.16
- 2.16
- 2.16
- 2.16
- 2.16
- 2.16.1
- 2.16.2
- 2.17
- 2.17
- 2.17
- 2.17
- 2.17
- 2.17.1
- 2.18
- 2.18
- 2.18
- 2.18
- 2.19
- 2.19
- 2.19
- 2.20
- 2.20
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:N/I:N/A:P
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.18% (0.03178) | 87.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.18% (0.03178) | 86.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 9, 2025 | 5.28% (0.05278) | 89.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 7, 2025 | 7.07% (0.07069) | 90.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 3, 2025 | 4.04% (0.04042) | 87.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.42% (0.00418) | 59.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.58% (0.00578) | 78.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.58% (0.00578) | 77.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.58% (0.00578) | 74.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-67.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1708 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=879924 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=994337 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1708
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18803 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1708
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-67.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1708 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=879924 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=994337 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1708 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18803 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1708 |
Change history (0)
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