CVE-2013-1679

Firefox < 21.0 and Firefox ESR 17.x < 17.0.6 - Use-After-Free in Plugin URL Notification

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::plugins::child::_geturlnotify function in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

References (15)

Core 15
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0821.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0820.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:165
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=848237
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1823-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17085
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59860
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1822-1

Scores

EPSS 0.0544
EPSS Percentile 91.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (23)
mozilla/firefox 19.0
mozilla/firefox 19.0.1
mozilla/firefox 19.0.2
mozilla/firefox 20.0
mozilla/firefox 17.0
mozilla/firefox 17.0.1
mozilla/firefox 17.0.2
mozilla/firefox 17.0.3
mozilla/firefox 17.0.4
mozilla/firefox 17.0.5
... and 13 more
Published May 16, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026