Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird 24.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 24.0. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2013-5595. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 24.0 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 25.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.10 and 24.x before 24.1, Thunderbird before 24.1, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.22 does not properly allocate memory for unspecified functions, which allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks via a crafted web page.

The weakness was released 10/29/2013 by Dan Gohman with Google as Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2013-96 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-5595 since 08/26/2013. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70688 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2013:1476)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121562 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2013:1476)).

Upgrading to version 25.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (70688), SecurityFocus (BID 63421†), OSVDB (99087†), Secunia (SA55483†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42130†). mozilla.org is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-11046, VDB-11050, VDB-11052 and VDB-11053. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Firefox 24.0
  • Thunderbird 24.0
  • SeaMonkey 2.21
  • Firefox ESR 24.0
  • Firefox ESR 17.0.09
  • Thunderbird ESR 17.0.9

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

VulDB Base Score: 9.0
VulDB Temp Score: 8.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 70688
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2013:1476)
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OpenVAS ID: 892788
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2788-1 (iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 25.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2013-96
Researcher: Dan Gohman
Organization: Google
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-5595 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5595
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11051

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SecurityFocus: 63421
Secunia: 55483 - Ubuntu update for firefox, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 99087
Vulnerability Center: 42130 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and Seamonkey Remote Unspecified Vulnerability due to Buffer Overflow (CVE-2013-5595), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/01/2013 09:49
Updated: 11/25/2025 19:00
Changes: 11/01/2013 09:49 (52), 01/31/2018 09:54 (37), 06/01/2021 14:52 (3), 11/25/2025 19:00 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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