CVE-2013-1676

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The SelectionIterator::GetNextSegment 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 (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 20.0.1; 19.0, 19.0.1, 19.0.2, 20.0, 17.0, 17.0.1 (+4)
Mozilla Thunderbird: through 17.0.5; 17.0, 17.0.1, 17.0.2, 17.0.3, 17.0.4
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR: 17.0, 17.0.1, 17.0.2, 17.0.3, 17.0.4, 17.0.5

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00008.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0820.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0821.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:165
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-48.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59863
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1822-1

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