The WebGL subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 20.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, Thunderbird before 17.0.5, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.17 on Linux does not properly interact with Mesa drivers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (free of unallocated memory) via unspecified vectors.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2013-0796 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 |
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-2013:0697 | 2013-04-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:0697 | 2013-04-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2013:0696 | 2013-04-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) | RHSA-2013:0696 | 2013-04-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:0697 | 2013-04-02 |
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