PT-2013-5671
CVE-2013-5601
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Published
2013-10-29
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Updated
2024-10-21
Description by
CVSS 2.0
10
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 25.0
Firefox ESR versions 17.x prior to 17.0.10 and 24.x prior to 24.1
Thunderbird versions prior to 24.1
Thunderbird ESR versions 17.x prior to 17.0.10
SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.22
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a memory allocation through the garbage collection (GC) API, specifically due to a use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEventListenerManager::SetEventHandler function.
Recommendations
For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 25.0, update to version 25.0 or later.
For Firefox ESR versions 17.x prior to 17.0.10, update to version 17.0.10 or later.
For Firefox ESR versions 24.x prior to 24.1, update to version 24.1 or later.
For Thunderbird versions prior to 24.1, update to version 24.1 or later.
For Thunderbird ESR versions 17.x prior to 17.0.10, update to version 17.0.10 or later.
For SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.22, update to version 2.22 or later.
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