Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsNodeUtils::LastRelease function in the table-editing user interface in the editor component in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.2, Thunderbird before 24.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.23 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering improper garbage collection.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-5618 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| 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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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:1823 | 2013-12-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:1823 | 2013-12-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:1823 | 2013-12-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2013:1812 | 2013-12-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) | RHSA-2013:1812 | 2013-12-11 |
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