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 identify the "this" object during use of user-defined getter methods on DOM proxies, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via vectors involving an expando object.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-1737 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| 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 |
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