CVE-2013-1675 Mozilla Firefox Information Disclosure
Remote attackers can read sensitive process memory via a crafted website due to uninitialized data structures in Firefox and Thunderbird.
- Exploited in the wild
- Since 3 Mar 2022
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-1675?
CVE-2013-1675 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 16 May 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
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 do not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site.
Weakness: CWE-665
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1675?
It affects 18 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Thunderbird Esr, Opensuse Opensuse and 12 more.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1675?
Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 24 Mar 2022.
Is CVE-2013-1675 being exploited?
Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2013-1675 in the wild since at least 3 Mar 2022.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7cv2-f4f9-vw96.