CVE-2013-0800: Medium severity firefox vulnerability

Published Apr 3, 2013
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Updated

Integer signedness error in the pixmanfillsse2 function in pixman-sse2.c in Pixman, as distributed with Cairo and used in Mozilla Firefox before 20.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, Thunderbird before 17.0.5, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, SeaMonkey before 2.17, and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted values that trigger attempted use of a (1) negative box boundary or (2) negative box size, leading to an out-of-bounds write operation.

Affected Software

24 affected components
Mozilla Firefox<20.0
Mozilla Firefox>=17.0<17.0.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey<2.17
Mozilla Thunderbird<17.0.5
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR>=17.0<17.0.5
Debian Debian Linux=7.0
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=10.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=11.10
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=12.10
openSUSE openSUSE=11.4
openSUSE openSUSE=12.1
openSUSE openSUSE=12.2
openSUSE openSUSE=12.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop=10-sp4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop=11-sp2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server=10-sp4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server=11-sp1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Vmware=11-sp1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server=11-sp2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Vmware=11-sp2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit=10-sp4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit=11-sp2
Mozilla Firefox ESR>=17.0<17.0.5

Event History

Apr 3, 2013
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:00 AM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2013-0800?

CVE-2013-0800 is rated as high severity due to potential exploitation that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

2

How do I fix CVE-2013-0800?

To fix CVE-2013-0800, you should update affected software to the latest version that has addressed this vulnerability.

3

Which products are affected by CVE-2013-0800?

CVE-2013-0800 affects multiple products including Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and versions of Debian and Ubuntu.

4

Is CVE-2013-0800 already patched?

Yes, CVE-2013-0800 has been patched in the newer versions of the affected software released after the vulnerability was identified.

5

What types of attacks can exploit CVE-2013-0800?

CVE-2013-0800 can potentially be exploited via crafted images or other file types that can leverage the integer signedness error.

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