Mozilla: Use-after-free when updating offline cache (MFSA 2013-98)
Published Oct 30, 2013
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.27%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsDocLoader::doStopDocumentLoad function in Mozilla Firefox before 25.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.10 and 24.x before 24.1, Thunderbird before 24.1, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via vectors involving a state-change event during an update of the offline cache.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 17.0
- 17.0.1
- 17.0.2
- 17.0.3
- 17.0.4
- 17.0.5
- 17.0.6
- 17.0.7
- 17.0.8
- 17.0.9
Configuration 2
- ≤ 24.0.1
- 17.0
- 17.0.1
- 17.0.2
- 17.0.3
- 17.0.4
- 17.0.5
- 17.0.6
- 17.0.7
- 17.0.8
- 24.0
- 17.0.9
Configuration 3
- 17.0
- 17.0.1
- 17.0.2
- 17.0.3
- 17.0.4
- 17.0.5
- 17.0.6
- 17.0.7
- 17.0.8
- 17.0.9
- 24.0
- 24.0.1
- 24.0.2
Configuration 4
- ≤ 24.0
- 19.0
- 19.0.1
- 19.0.2
- 20.0
- 20.0.1
- 21.0
- 22.0
- 23.0
- 23.0.1
Configuration 5
- ≤ 2.22
- 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
- 2.10
- 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
- 2.20
- 2.20
- 2.21
- 2.21
- 2.22
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:17.0.10-1.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1476
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:17.0.10-1.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1480
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:17.0.10-1.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1476
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:17.0.10-1.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1476
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:17.0.10-1.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1480
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
xulrunner-0:17.0.10-1.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1476
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:17.0.10-1.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1476 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:17.0.10-1.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1480 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:17.0.10-1.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1476 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:17.0.10-1.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1476 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:17.0.10-1.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1480 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | xulrunner-0:17.0.10-1.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1476 |
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 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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.27% (0.06273) | 93.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.27% (0.06273) | 92.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 9, 2025 | 3.63% (0.03629) | 87.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.31% (0.02305) | 83.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.58% (0.08575) | 87.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.31% (0.02305) | 83.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 7.26% (0.07262) | 94.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 26, 2023 | 7.26% (0.07262) | 93.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.22% (0.07217) | 92.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 81.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00014.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1476.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1480.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2788 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2797 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-98.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5597 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=918864 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1023841 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5597
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19277 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5597
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.