MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2013-0791

Firefox vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
5.2%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
The CERT_DecodeCertPackage function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Mozilla Firefox before 20.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, Thunderbird before 17.0.5, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, SeaMonkey before 2.17, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and memory corruption) via a crafted certificate.
Affected vendor
Mozilla
Affected product
Firefox
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2013-04-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-0791

  • Confirm whether Mozilla Firefox is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-0791.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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