CVE-2013-1690: Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-1690 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. It is known to be exploited: CISA lists it, first on 28-03-2022. EPSS estimates a 69.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 26-06-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 28-03-2022
   Added to CISA KEVMozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
3. 18-04-2022
   CISA remediation dueApply updates per vendor instructions.
4. 22-10-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.