CVE-2013-1697
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 does not properly restrict use of DefaultValue for method calls, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site that triggers use of a user-defined (1) toString or (2) valueOf method.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:0982 | 2013-06-25 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2013:0981 | 2013-06-25 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) | RHSA-2013:0981 | 2013-06-25 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:0982 | 2013-06-25 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2013:0982 | 2013-06-25 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges moz_bug_r_a4 as the original reporter.External References
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