CVE-2013-1690

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 22.0 Firefox ESR 17.x versions prior to 17.0.7 Thunderbird versions prior to 17.0.7 Thunderbird ESR 17.x versions prior to 17.0.7

Description The issue arises from improper handling of onreadystatechange events in conjunction with page reloading. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site. The crafted web site triggers an attempt to execute data at an unmapped memory location.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 22.0, update to version 22.0 or later. For Firefox ESR 17.x versions prior to 17.0.7, update to version 17.0.7 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 17.0.7, update to version 17.0.7 or later. For Thunderbird ESR 17.x versions prior to 17.0.7, update to version 17.0.7 or later.