CVE-2013-1707 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2013-1707?

CVE-2013-1707 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 7 Aug 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a long pathname on the command line to the Mozilla Maintenance Service.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1707?

It affects 3 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2013-1707?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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

Is CVE-2013-1707 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1707 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-p236-q4xw-9cqj.