CVE-2013-0753

critical

Published 2013-01-13 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-27940 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2013-08-29

Mozilla Firefox - XMLSerializer Use-After-Free (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/browser/mozilla_firefox_xmlserializer rank 300

Firefox XMLSerializer Use After Free

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

OS impact

OS	Version	Status
ubuntu	10.04	affected
ubuntu	11.10	affected
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	12.10	affected
suse	11.4	affected
suse	12.1	affected
suse	12.2	affected
suse	10	affected
suse	11	affected
rhel	5.0	affected
rhel	6.0	affected
rhel	5.9	affected
rhel	6.3	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
mozilla	firefox	`{"endExcluding":"18.0"}`	`18.0`
mozilla	seamonkey	`{"endExcluding":"2.15"}`	`2.15`
mozilla	thunderbird	`{"endExcluding":"17.0.2"}`	`17.0.2`
mozilla	thunderbird_esr	`{"startIncluding":"10.0","endExcluding":"10.0.12"}`	`10.0.12`

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.