CVE-2013-0764

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

9.3

Description

The nsSOCKSSocketInfo::ConnectToProxy function 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 ensure thread safety for SSL sessions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted data, as demonstrated by e-mail message data.

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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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

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
mozilla	firefox	`{"endExcluding":"17.0.3"}`	`17.0.3`
mozilla	seamonkey	`{"endExcluding":"2.16"}`	`2.16`
mozilla	thunderbird	`{"endExcluding":"17.0.3"}`	`17.0.3`
mozilla	thunderbird_esr	`{"endExcluding":"17.0.3"}`	`17.0.3`

References

CWEs

CWE-326

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

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