CVE-2013-0796: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-0796 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 7.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3Timeline
- 03-04-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The WebGL subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 20.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, Thunderbird before 17.0.5, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.17 on Linux does not properly interact with Mesa drivers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (free of unallocated memory) via unspecified vectors.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
7.95%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 7.95% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (mozilla.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Mozilla4 products
- firefox< 20.0 | ≥ 17.0, < 17.0.5
- seamonkey< 2.17
- thunderbird≥ 17.0, < 17.0.5
- thunderbird_esr≥ 17.0, < 17.0.5
1 vendor · 4 products
References
12 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00019.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=838413X Refsource CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00009.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00010.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00013.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00012.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory