CVE-2013-1693: mozilla firefox

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-1693 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 3.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 26-06-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The SVG filter implementation in 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 allows remote attackers to read pixel values, and possibly bypass the Same Origin Policy and read text from a different domain, by observing timing differences in execution of filter code.

• CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsWeaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.