CVE-2013-5612

Mozilla: Character encoding cross-origin XSS attack (MFSA 2013-106)

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.23 makes it easier for remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging a Same Origin Policy violation triggered by lack of a charset parameter in a Content-Type HTTP header.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en Mozilla Firefox anterior a la versión 26.0 y SeaMonkey anterior a la versión 2.23 hace más sencillo para atacantes remotos inyectar script web o HTML arbitrario mediante el aprovechamiento de una violación de Same Origin Policy provocada por la falta de un parámetro charset en la cabecera HTTP Content-Type.

Ben Turner, Bobby Holley, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler and Christoph Diehl discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. Myk Melez discovered that the doorhanger notification for web app installation could persist between page navigations. An attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct clickjacking attacks. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2013-08-26 CVE Reserved
2013-12-11 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (18)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64205	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029470	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029476	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123437.html	2020-08-21
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124257.html	2020-08-21
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00010.html	2020-08-21
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00085.html	2020-08-21
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00086.html	2020-08-21
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00087.html	2020-08-21
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00002.html	2020-08-21
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1812.html	2020-08-21
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-106.html	2020-08-21
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2052-1	2020-08-21
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=871161	2020-08-21
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01	2020-08-21
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5612	2013-12-11
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039420	2013-12-11

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"				< 26.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 26.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				< 2.23 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version " < 2.23"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				19 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "19"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				20 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "20"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Solaris Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Solaris"				11.3 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Solaris" and version "11.3"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		esm		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				13.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "13.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				13.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "13.10"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus"				6.5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus" and version "6.5"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus"				6.5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "6.5"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus"				6.5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "6.5"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus"				6.5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" and version "6.5"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				12.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "12.2"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				12.3 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "12.3"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Desktop Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Desktop"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Desktop" and version "11"		sp3		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server" and version "11"		sp3		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server" and version "11"		sp3, vmware		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit" and version "11"		sp3		Affected