CVE-2013-0753 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2013-0753?

CVE-2013-0753 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 13 Jan 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the serializeToStream implementation in the XMLSerializer component 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted web content.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0753?

It affects 14 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Thunderbird Esr, Opensuse Opensuse and 8 more.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0753?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2013-0753 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-0753 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6x74-c24h-qxmw.