CVE-2013-0783

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 19.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.3, Thunderbird before 17.0.3, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.16 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Published: 2013-02-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-0783 is rated High Risk (72.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.68%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +3.47% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0783

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 1.21% 4.68% +3.47%
2 2025-08-23 0.87% 1.21% +0.34%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.87% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0783

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-2013-0783

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0783

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2013-0783: 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-2013-0783
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0783
suse critical CVE-2013-0783 severity critical: SUSE including 98 source package names (MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-140.2.0-160000.1.2, …), 138 product×package rows across 35 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, … (35 product lines)): Fixed 137, Known Not Affected 1. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0783/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-0783 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (firefox, seamonkey, thunderbird, xulrunner-1.9.2, xulrunner-2.0), 40 status rows across 8 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): DNE 16, released 11, ignored 7, not-affected 4, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0783

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0783

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox < 17.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox < 19.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey < 2.16 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 17.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird_esr < 17.0.3 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_aus 5.9 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_aus:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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_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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2013-0783

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00017.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00062.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0271.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0272.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-21.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1729-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1729-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1748-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=690970 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=761448 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=780549 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=812380 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=818241 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=822858 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=826471 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=830399 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=830975 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=832162 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16219 Third Party Advisory
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