CVE-2013-0787

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEditor::IsPreformatted function in editor/libeditor/base/nsEditor.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 19.0.2, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.4, Thunderbird before 17.0.4, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.16.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an execCommand call.

Published: 2013-03-11 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-0787 is rated High Risk (67.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.40%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0787

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 8.28% 6.40% -1.88%
2 2026-05-24 4.56% 8.28% +3.72%
3 2026-03-14 4.56%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0787

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-2013-0787

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0787

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2013-0787: 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-2013-0787
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0787
suse critical CVE-2013-0787 severity critical: SUSE including 87 source package names (MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-140.2.0-160000.1.2, …), 146 product×package rows across 40 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2, … (40 product lines)): Fixed 124, Known Not Affected 22. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0787/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-0787 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 15, ignored 7, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0787

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0787

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox <= 19.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 19.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 17.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 17.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:17.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 17.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:17.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 17.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:17.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird <= 17.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 17.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 17.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:17.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 17.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:17.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird_esr 17.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird_esr 17.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:17.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird_esr 17.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:17.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird_esr 17.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:17.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey <= 2.16 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.16 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.16:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.16 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.16:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.16 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.16:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.16 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.16:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.16 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.16:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-0787

URL Tags
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00023.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00025.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00026.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00028.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0614.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0627.html
http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309505403631325184
http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309484730506698752
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-29.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58391
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1758-1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=848644
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16737
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