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CVE-2013-0791

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-04-03 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The CERT_DecodeCertPackage function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Mozilla Firefox before 20.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, Thunderbird before 17.0.5, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, SeaMonkey before 2.17, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and memory corruption) via a crafted certificate.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 10.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10
• Mozilla Firefox: through 20.0; from 17.0 before 17.0.5 — fixed in 17.0.5
• Mozilla Network Security Services: before 3.15 — fixed in 3.15
• Mozilla Seamonkey: before 2.17 — fixed in 2.17
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 17.0.5 — fixed in 17.0.5
• Mozilla Thunderbird ESR: from 17.0 before 17.0.5 — fixed in 17.0.5
• Oracle Vm Server: 3.2
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5.0, 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 5.9
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 5.0, 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 5.9
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 5.0, 6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 17.0.5; Mozilla Network Security Services 3.15; Mozilla Seamonkey 2.17; Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.5; Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 17.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00009.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00010.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00013.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00019.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1135.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1144.html
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-40.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58826
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1791-1
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629816

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