CVE-2013-0748

Exp

The XBL.__proto__.toString implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by calling the toString function of an XBL object.

Published: 2013-01-13 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-0748 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.02%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.71% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-0748

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0748

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.31% 2.02% +1.71%
2 2025-07-09 0.70% 0.31% -0.39%
3 2025-03-30 0.70%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0748

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-0748

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0748

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2013-0748: 1 GLSA(s) (201309-23), 6 atom(s) (mail-client/thunderbird, mail-client/thunderbird-bin, www-client/firefox, www-client/firefox-bin, www-client/seamonkey, www-client/seamonkey-bin); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-0748
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0748
suse medium CVE-2013-0748 severity moderate: SUSE including 85 source package names (MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-10.0.12-0.4.1, …), 165 product×package rows across 45 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (45 product lines)): Fixed 134, Known Not Affected 31. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0748/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-0748 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (firefox, seamonkey, thunderbird), 24 status rows across 8 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): released 15, ignored 5, DNE 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0748

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0748

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox < 18.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox >= 10.0, < 10.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox >= 17.0, < 17.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey < 2.15 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 17.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird_esr >= 10.0, < 10.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird_esr >= 17.0, < 17.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 11.4 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 10 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 10 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:-:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 10 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 5.9 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 6.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 5.9 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 11.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-0748

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00006.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00010.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00017.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0144.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0145.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-11.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1681-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1681-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1681-4 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=806031 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17109 Third Party Advisory
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