CVE-2013-0774

Public Exploit

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 19.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.3, Thunderbird before 17.0.3, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.16 do not prevent JavaScript workers from reading the browser-profile directory name, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.55%

Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1729-1	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16797	vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1729-2	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1748-1	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00062.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=827193	issue tracking patch vendor advisory exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00017.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-25.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-0774?: CVE-2013-0774 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-0774?: To fix CVE-2013-0774, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-0774 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2013-0774 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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