CVE-2013-0799 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2013-0799?

CVE-2013-0799 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 3 Apr 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the Mozilla Maintenance Service in Mozilla Firefox before 20.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, Thunderbird before 17.0.5, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.5 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via crafted arguments.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0799?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Thunderbird Esr.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0799?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-0799 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2013-0799 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0799 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
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All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-q8jc-qwxv-cxmc.