CVE-2013-1679: mozilla firefox Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-1679 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 5.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 3Timeline
- 16-05-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
5.44%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 5.44% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Mozilla3 products
- firefox≤ 20.0.1 | 19.0 | 19.0.1 | 19.0.2 | 20.0 | 17.0 | 17.0.1 | 17.0.2 | 17.0.3 | 17.0.4 | 17.0.5
- thunderbird≤ 17.0.5 | 17.0 | 17.0.1 | 17.0.2 | 17.0.3 | 17.0.4
- thunderbird_esr17.0 | 17.0.1 | 17.0.2 | 17.0.3 | 17.0.4 | 17.0.5
1 vendor · 3 products
References
15 links
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=848237X Refsource CONFIRM
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17085VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL