CVE-2013-1693

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% 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-264

Description

The SVG filter implementation 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 read pixel values, and possibly bypass the Same Origin Policy and read text from a different domain, by observing timing differences in execution of filter code.

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/mfsa2013-55.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60787

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