CVE-2013-1690

Published: Jun 26, 2013Updated: Apr 22, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119

8.8HIGH

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

mozilla

oss-project·USaka mozilla corp.

firefoxOn-premDesktop App

Consumer Software / browser

thunderbirdOn-premDesktop App

Communications / email-server-client

thunderbird esr

Consumer Software

suse

commercial·DE

linux enterprise desktopOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

linux enterprise serverOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

linux enterprise software development kitOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

redhat

commercial·USaka red hat

gluster storage server for on-premiseOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

enterprise linux workstationOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

canonical

commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.

ubuntu linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

debian

oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux

debian linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

opensuse

oss-project·DE

opensuseOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Added to KEV:Mar 28, 2022

Remediation due:Apr 18, 2022

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Official Patch Available

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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

Privilege Escalation

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References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1890-1

ubuntu.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0982.html

rhn.redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00011.html

lists.opensuse.org

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