PT-2013-5673
CVE-2013-5603
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Published
2013-10-29
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Updated
2024-12-12
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 24.x versions prior to 24.1
Thunderbird versions prior to 24.1
SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.22
Description
The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the
nsContentUtils::ContentIsHostIncludingDescendantOf function. This vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in heap memory corruption. The exploitation vectors involve HTML document templates.Recommendations
For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 25.0, update to version 25.0 or later.
For Firefox ESR 24.x versions 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 SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.22, update to version 2.22 or later.
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