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CVE-2013-1707

Stack-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbi

Stack-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a long pathname on the command line to the Mozilla Maintenance Service.

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.00051
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

5
mozilla thunderbird<= 17.0.7
mozilla thunderbirdall versions
mozilla thunderbird esrall versions
mozilla firefox<= 22.0
mozilla firefoxall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

1
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access
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Scoring & Timeline

7.2
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · security@mozilla.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD07 Aug 2013 · 01:55 AM
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Vendor Advisories

3
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0446-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0447-1
mozilla-mfsaMFSA2013-66
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-66.htmlVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=888314
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18871
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