CVE-2013-0748

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2013-01-08
Bugzilla:
892144: CVE-2013-0748 Mozilla: Address space layout leaked in XBL objects (MFSA 2013-11)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The XBL.__proto__.toString implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by calling the toString function of an XBL object.

Find out more about CVE-2013-0748 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) RHSA-2013:0145 2013-01-08
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (thunderbird) RHSA-2013:0145 2013-01-08
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) RHSA-2013:0144 2013-01-08
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) RHSA-2013:0145 2013-01-08
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) RHSA-2013:0144 2013-01-08

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Jesse Ruderman as the original reporter.

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