First published: Thu May 16 2013(Updated: )
Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an onresize event during the playing of a video.
Credit: security@mozilla.org security@mozilla.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Mozilla Firefox | <=20.0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =19.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =19.0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =19.0.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =20.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =17.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =17.0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =17.0.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =17.0.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =17.0.4 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =17.0.5 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | <=17.0.5 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =17.0 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =17.0.1 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =17.0.2 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =17.0.3 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =17.0.4 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR | =17.0 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR | =17.0.1 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR | =17.0.2 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR | =17.0.3 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR | =17.0.4 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR | =17.0.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =17.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =17.0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =17.0.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =17.0.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =17.0.4 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =17.0.5 |
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CVE-2013-1674 has a high severity due to its potential to allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
To fix CVE-2013-1674, update Mozilla Firefox to version 21.0 or later, or update affected Thunderbird versions to 17.0.6 or later.
CVE-2013-1674 affects Mozilla Firefox versions before 21.0, Firefox ESR versions before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird versions before 17.0.6.
An attacker exploiting CVE-2013-1674 can potentially execute arbitrary code on a victim's system.
Currently, there are no recommended workarounds for CVE-2013-1674; updating to the latest versions is the best approach.