CVE-2013-1732

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2013-1732  

Buffer overflow in the nsFloatManager::GetFlowArea function in 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted use of lists and floats within a multi-column layout.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in the nsFloatManager::GetFlowArea function in 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted use of lists and floats within a multi-column layout.

Find out more about CVE-2013-1732 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
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

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Aki Helin as the original reporter.

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