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CVE-2013-5599

Published: Oct 30, 2013 | Modified: Nov 25, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5599
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla*24.0 (including)
FirefoxMozilla19.0 (including)19.0 (including)
FirefoxMozilla19.0.1 (including)19.0.1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla19.0.2 (including)19.0.2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla20.0 (including)20.0 (including)
FirefoxMozilla20.0.1 (including)20.0.1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla21.0 (including)21.0 (including)
FirefoxMozilla22.0 (including)22.0 (including)
FirefoxMozilla23.0 (including)23.0 (including)
FirefoxMozilla23.0.1 (including)23.0.1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatfirefox-0:17.0.10-1.el5_10*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatxulrunner-0:17.0.10-1.el5_10*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatthunderbird-0:17.0.10-1.el5_10*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatfirefox-0:17.0.10-1.el6_4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatxulrunner-0:17.0.10-1.el6_4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatthunderbird-0:17.0.10-1.el6_4*
FirefoxUbuntudevel*
FirefoxUbuntulucid*
FirefoxUbuntuprecise*
FirefoxUbuntuquantal*
FirefoxUbunturaring*
FirefoxUbuntusaucy*
FirefoxUbuntuupstream*
ThunderbirdUbuntudevel*
ThunderbirdUbuntulucid*
ThunderbirdUbuntuprecise*
ThunderbirdUbuntuquantal*
ThunderbirdUbunturaring*
ThunderbirdUbuntusaucy*
ThunderbirdUbuntuupstream*

References

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