CVE-2013-1675 vulnerability in Mozilla and Other Products
Published on May 16, 2013







Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Mozilla Firefox Information Disclosure Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Mozilla Firefox does not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by March 24, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2013-1675 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 2.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Improper Initialization
The software does not initialize or incorrectly initializes a resource, which might leave the resource in an unexpected state when it is accessed or used. This can have security implications when the associated resource is expected to have certain properties or values, such as a variable that determines whether a user has been authenticated or not.
Products Associated with CVE-2013-1675
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What versions are vulnerable to CVE-2013-1675?
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Mozilla Thunderbird Esr Version 17.0 Fixed in Version 17.0.6
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Mozilla Thunderbird Fixed in Version 17.0.6
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Mozilla Firefox Fixed in Version 21.0
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Mozilla Firefox Version 17.0 Fixed in Version 17.0.6
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux Version 13.04
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux Version 12.10
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux Version 12.04
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Debian Linux Version 7.0
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Version 5.0
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scientific Computing Version 6.0
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Version 5.0
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus Version 6.4
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Version 6.0
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Version 6.0
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Version 6.0
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Version 5.0
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus Version 5.9
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus Version 5.9
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus Version 6.4
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ibm Z Systems Version 5.0_s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Power Big Endian Version 6.0_ppc64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ibm Z Systems Version 6.0_s390x
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Red Hat Gluster Storage Server On Premise Version 2.1
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus From Rhui Version 6.4
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus From Rhui Version 5.9
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ibm Z Systems Eus Version 5.9_s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Power Big Endian Eus Version 5.9_ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Power Big Endian Version 5.0_ppc
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Power Big Endian Eus Version 6.4_ppc64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ibm Z Systems Eus Version 6.4_s390x
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OpenSuse Version 12.3
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OpenSuse Version 12.2