Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, Thunderbird before 24.0, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 2.21 do not properly handle movement of XBL-backed nodes between documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (JavaScript compartment mismatch, or assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted web site.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-1730 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Base Score | 5.1 |
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Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | High |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
Integrity Impact | Partial |
Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:1269 | 2013-09-17 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2013:1268 | 2013-09-17 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:1269 | 2013-09-17 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) | RHSA-2013:1268 | 2013-09-17 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:1269 | 2013-09-17 |