CVE-2013-0757 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2013-0757?

CVE-2013-0757 is a critical code injection 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

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 does not prevent modifications to the prototype of an object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by referencing Object.prototype.__proto__ in a crafted HTML document.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0757?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Thunderbird Esr, Opensuse Opensuse and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0757?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2013-0757 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-0757 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries.

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• 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-vw2x-fj5h-mmwq.