CVE-2013-1704

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Description

The CVE Program describes this issue as:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsINode::GetParentNode function in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) via vectors involving a DOM modification at the time of a SetBody mutation event.

Statement

This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6

This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6

Additional information

  • Bugzilla 994334: Mozilla: Use after free mutating DOM during SetBody (MFSA 2013-64)
  • CWE-416: Use After Free
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2013-1704

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

Important note

CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).

The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
Red HatNVD

CVSS v2 Base Score

6.8

9.3

Attack Vector

Network

Network

Access Complexity

Medium

Medium

Authentication

None

None

Confidentiality Impact

Partial

Complete

Integrity Impact

Partial

Complete

Availability Impact

Partial

Complete

CVSS v2 Vector

Red Hat: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Mozilla project for reporting this issue.

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