CVE-2013-0760

Buffer overflow in the CharDistributionAnalysis::HandleOneChar function in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.

Published: 2013-01-13 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-0760 is rated Moderate Risk (62.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.15%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0760

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 2025-03-30 12.98% 3.15% -9.83%
2 2025-03-29 3.24% 12.98% +9.74%
3 2025-03-17 — 3.24% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0760

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-0760

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0760

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2013-0760: 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-2013-0760
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0760
suse medium CVE-2013-0760 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-2013-0760/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-0760 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-2013-0760

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0760

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox < 10.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox < 18.0 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 < 10.0.12 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2013-0760

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 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-02.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=780979 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17086 Third Party Advisory
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