CVE-2013-5616

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: December 11, 2013 Modified: November 25, 2025

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEventListenerManager::HandleEventSubType function in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.2, Thunderbird before 24.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.23 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via vectors related to mListeners event listeners.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123437.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124108.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124257.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/125470.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00010.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00085.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00086.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00087.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00119.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00120.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00121.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00002.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1812.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-108.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029470

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029476

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2052-1

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2053-1

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=938341

Source: security@mozilla.org

Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123437.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124108.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/124257.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/125470.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00010.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00085.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00086.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00087.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00119.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00120.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00121.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00002.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1812.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-108.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029470

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029476

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2052-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2053-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=938341

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

42 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

9.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

2.9%

86th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416

Affected Vendors

suse redhat canonical mozilla fedoraproject opensuse

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