CVE-2013-1720

Description

The nsHtml5TreeBuilder::resetTheInsertionMode function in the HTML5 Tree Builder in Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Thunderbird before 24.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.21 does not properly maintain the state of the insertion-mode stack for template elements, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) by triggering use of this stack in its empty state.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/115907.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116610.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/117526.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00055.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00057.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00059.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00061.html
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-77.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62465
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1951-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1952-1
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=888820
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18617
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/115907.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116610.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/117526.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00055.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00057.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00059.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00061.html
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-77.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62465
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1951-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1952-1
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=888820

CWEs

CWE-119

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