CVE-2013-1685

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-06-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsIDocument::GetRootElement function in Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a crafted web site.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 21.0; 19.0, 19.0.1, 19.0.2, 20.0, 20.0.1, 17.0 (+6)
Mozilla Thunderbird: through 17.0.6; 17.0, 17.0.1, 17.0.2, 17.0.3, 17.0.4, 17.0.5
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR: 17.0, 17.0.1, 17.0.2, 17.0.3, 17.0.4, 17.0.5 (+1)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00011.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0981.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0982.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2716
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2720
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-50.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60773

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