Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
CVE-2013-1690
Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 do not properly handle onreadystatechange events in conjunction with page reloading, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers an attempt to execute data at an unmapped memory location.
CISA KEV
SSVC: Active Exploitation
CVSS Base Score
8.8
HIGH
Exploitability:2.9
Impact Score:5.9
EPSS Probability:69.24%
Executive Threat Verdict
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-119 ↗CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | all |
| mozilla | thunderbird | all |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | all |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04, 12.10, 13.04 |
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0 |
| redhat | gluster_storage_server_for_on-premise | 2.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 5.0, 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 5.9, 6.4 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 5.0, 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 5.9, 6.4 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 5.0, 6.0 |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.4, 12.2, 12.3 |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 10, 11 |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 10, 11 |
| suse | linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 10, 11 |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Mozilla Corporation · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2013-02-13T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2013-06-26T01:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2013-06-25 |
| Last Updated | 2025-10-22T00:05:41 |
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