CVE-2013-1686

critical
Published 2013-06-26 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::ResetDir function in Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-50.html

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"21.0"}
mozillafirefox19.0
mozillafirefox19.0.1
mozillafirefox19.0.2
mozillafirefox20.0
mozillafirefox20.0.1
mozillafirefox17.0
mozillafirefox17.0.1
mozillafirefox17.0.2
mozillafirefox17.0.3
mozillafirefox17.0.4
mozillafirefox17.0.5
mozillafirefox17.0.6
mozillathunderbird{"endIncluding":"17.0.6"}
mozillathunderbird17.0
mozillathunderbird17.0.1
mozillathunderbird17.0.2
mozillathunderbird17.0.3
mozillathunderbird17.0.4
mozillathunderbird17.0.5
mozillathunderbird_esr17.0
mozillathunderbird_esr17.0.1
mozillathunderbird_esr17.0.2
mozillathunderbird_esr17.0.3
mozillathunderbird_esr17.0.4
mozillathunderbird_esr17.0.5
mozillathunderbird_esr17.0.6

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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