CVE-2013-0760

critical

Published 2013-01-13 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.3

Description

Buffer overflow in the CharDistributionAnalysis::HandleOneChar function in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
12.2	Affected	—
12.1	Affected	—
11.4	Affected	—
11	Affected	—
10	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
12.10	Affected	—
12.04	Affected	—
11.10	Affected	—
10.04	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
mozilla	firefox	`{"endExcluding":"10.0.11"}`	`10.0.11`
mozilla	seamonkey	`{"endExcluding":"2.15"}`	`2.15`
mozilla	thunderbird	`{"endExcluding":"17.0.2"}`	`17.0.2`
mozilla	thunderbird_esr	`{"endExcluding":"10.0.12"}`	`10.0.12`

References

CWEs

CWE-120

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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