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CVE-2013-0753

CriticalPublic exploit

Mozilla: Use-after-free in serializeToStream (MFSA 2013-16)

Published Jan 8, 2013 · Updated Aug 6, 2024

Key Facts

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  • CVE-2013-0753 is a critical-severity vulnerability (CVSS 9.3 v2) affecting Firefox (Mozilla), Seamonkey (Mozilla), Thunderbird (Mozilla) and 22 more products.
  • It is not listed in any known-exploited vulnerabilities catalog. Public exploit code is available.
  • EPSS estimates a 51% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
  • Fixed versions are available, including Firefox 0:10.0.12-1.el5_9, Firefox 0:10.0.12-1.el6_3, Firefox 10.0.12-1.0.1.el5_9.
  • Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is very likely to be exploited soon.

CVSS v2

9.3

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS (30-day exploit likelihood)

51%

Higher than 98.9% of all scored CVEs

Exploited in the wild

No known

Not in a known-exploited catalog

Public exploit code

Available

Proof-of-concept or weaponized module

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Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the serializeToStream implementation in the XMLSerializer component in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted web content.

Affected Products

61 affected entries in total
ProductAffected versionsFixed in
FirefoxMozillaSee advisory18.0
SeamonkeyMozillaSee advisory2.15
ThunderbirdMozillaSee advisory17.0.2
Thunderbird EsrMozillaSee advisory10.0.12
Ubuntu LinuxCanonical10.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10n/a
20 more affected products in the full CVE brief

Patched Releases

Firefox

0:10.0.12-1.el5_9, 0:10.0.12-1.el6_3, 10.0.12-1.0.1.el5_9, 10.0.12-1.0.1.el6_3, 18.0

firefox-esr

128.5.1-1.1

firefox-esr-branding-upstream

128.5.1-1.1

firefox-esr-translations-common

128.5.1-1.1

firefox-esr-translations-other

128.5.1-1.1

Seamonkey

2.15, 2.40-6.1

Thunderbird

17.0.2, 0:10.0.12-3.el5_9, 0:10.0.12-3.el6_3, 10.0.12-3.0.1.el5_9, 10.0.12-3.0.1.el6_3

Thunderbird Esr

10.0.12

MozillaFirefox

50.1.0-1.1

MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream

50.1.0-1.1

MozillaFirefox-buildsymbols

50.1.0-1.1

MozillaFirefox-devel

50.1.0-1.1

MozillaFirefox-translations-common

50.1.0-1.1

MozillaFirefox-translations-other

50.1.0-1.1

MozillaThunderbird

45.5.1-1.1

MozillaThunderbird-buildsymbols

45.5.1-1.1

MozillaThunderbird-devel

45.5.1-1.1

MozillaThunderbird-translations-common

45.5.1-1.1

MozillaThunderbird-translations-other

45.5.1-1.1

seamonkey-dom-inspector

2.40-6.1

seamonkey-irc

2.40-6.1

seamonkey-translations-common

2.40-6.1

seamonkey-translations-other

2.40-6.1

xulrunner

0:10.0.12-1.el5_9, 0:10.0.12-1.el6_3, 10.0.12-1.0.1.el5_9, 10.0.12-1.0.1.el6_3

xulrunner-devel

10.0.12-1.0.1.el5_9, 10.0.12-1.0.1.el6_3

Timeline

  1. Publicly disclosed

    Jan 8, 2013

  2. Last updated

    Aug 6, 2024

Weakness Type

  • CWE-416 Use After Free

References

11 more references in the full CVE brief

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