CVE-2013-1728: mozilla firefox

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-1728 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 18-09-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The IonMonkey JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Thunderbird before 24.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.21, when Valgrind mode is used, does not properly initialize memory, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

• 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.