CVE-2013-1675
Mozilla Firefox: Information Disclosure
As of , CVE-2013-1675 in Mozilla Firefox is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch soon.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 3 March 2022
- US federal deadline
- 24 March 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.07Higher than 93% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.03 on 3 March 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Mozilla Firefox does not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site.
CISA's description
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 do not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site.
The CVE record's description, from mozilla
- CVE published
- 16 May 2013
- Assigned by
- mozilla
- CVSS
- 6.5 Medium (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-665
- Improper Initialization
- CWE-119
- Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- partial
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Firefox: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2015-4495Security Feature Bypass | Mozilla Firefox | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.69 | 0.69 | ||
| CVE-2024-9680Use-After-Free | Mozilla Firefox | Patch this weekRansomware use | 0.23 | ||
| CVE-2022-26485Use-After-Free | Mozilla Firefox | Patch soon | 0.14 | ||
| CVE-2022-26486Use-After-Free | Mozilla Firefox | Patch soon | 0.02 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org