CVE-2013-1678

Mozilla: Memory corruption found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2013-48)

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The _cairo_xlib_surface_add_glyph 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 (invalid write operation) via unspecified vectors.

La función _cairo_xlib_surface_add_glyph en Mozilla Firefox anterior a v21.0, Firefox ESR v17.x anterior a v17.0.6, Thunderbird anterior a v17.0.6, y Thunderbird ESR v17.x anterior a v17.0.6 permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar código arbitrario o causar una denegación de servicio (operación de escritura inválida) mediante vectores no especificados.

Multiple security issues have been found in Iceweasel, Debian's version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser. These issues include multiple memory safety errors, missing input sanitizing vulnerabilities, use-after-free vulnerabilities, buffer overflows and other programming errors which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code, privilege escalation, information leaks or cross site scripting.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2013-02-13 CVE Reserved
2013-05-16 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (17)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59864	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=839745	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16577	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00010.html	2017-09-19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00011.html	2017-09-19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00012.html	2017-09-19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00006.html	2017-09-19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00008.html	2017-09-19
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0820.html	2017-09-19
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0821.html	2017-09-19
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699	2017-09-19
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:165	2017-09-19
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-48.html	2017-09-19
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1822-1	2017-09-19
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1823-1	2017-09-19
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1678	2013-05-14
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962603	2013-05-14

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				<= 20.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 20.0.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				19.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "19.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				19.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "19.0.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				19.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "19.0.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				20.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "20.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				17.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "17.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				17.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "17.0.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				17.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "17.0.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				17.0.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "17.0.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				17.0.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "17.0.4"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				17.0.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "17.0.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				<= 17.0.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " <= 17.0.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				17.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "17.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				17.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "17.0.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				17.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "17.0.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				17.0.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "17.0.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				17.0.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "17.0.4"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr"				17.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr" and version "17.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr"				17.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr" and version "17.0.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr"				17.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr" and version "17.0.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr"				17.0.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr" and version "17.0.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr"				17.0.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr" and version "17.0.4"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr"				17.0.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird Esr" and version "17.0.5"		-		Affected