VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2013-5599

critical
Published 2013-10-30 · 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
10.0

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsIPresShell::GetPresContext function in the PresShell (aka presentation shell) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 25.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.10 and 24.x before 24.1, Thunderbird before 24.1, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) via vectors involving a CANVAS element, a mozTextStyle attribute, and an onresize event.

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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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"24.0"}
mozilla mozillafirefox19.0
mozilla mozillafirefox19.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox19.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox20.0
mozilla mozillafirefox20.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox21.0
mozilla mozillafirefox22.0
mozilla mozillafirefox23.0
mozilla mozillafirefox23.0.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey{"endIncluding":"2.22"}
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.2
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.3
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.4
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.5
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.6
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.7
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.8
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.9
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.10
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.11
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.12
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.13
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.0.14
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.10
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.10.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.11
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.12
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.12.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.13
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.13.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.13.2
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.14
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.15
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.15.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.15.2
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.16
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.16.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.16.2
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.17
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.17.1
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.18
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.19
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.20
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.21
mozilla mozillaseamonkey2.22
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr17.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr17.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr17.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr17.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr17.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr17.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr17.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr17.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr17.0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird_esr17.0.9
mozilla mozillathunderbird{"endIncluding":"24.0.1"}
mozilla mozillathunderbird17.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird17.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird17.0.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird17.0.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird17.0.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird17.0.5
mozilla mozillathunderbird17.0.6
mozilla mozillathunderbird17.0.7
mozilla mozillathunderbird17.0.8
mozilla mozillathunderbird24.0
mozilla mozillafirefox17.0
mozilla mozillafirefox17.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox17.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox17.0.3
mozilla mozillafirefox17.0.4
mozilla mozillafirefox17.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox17.0.6
mozilla mozillafirefox17.0.7
mozilla mozillafirefox17.0.8
mozilla mozillafirefox17.0.9
mozilla mozillafirefox24.0
mozilla mozillafirefox24.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox24.0.2

References

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

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