CVE-2013-0791

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.

Published: 2013-04-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-0791 is rated Moderate Risk (52/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.21%, 91th 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-2013-0791

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 2026-06-18 5.26% 5.21% -0.04%
2 2026-06-15 2.68% 5.26% +2.58%
3 2026-05-17 2.68%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0791

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-0791

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0791

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-0791 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nss), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0791
gentoo high CVE-2013-0791: 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-2013-0791
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0791
suse medium CVE-2013-0791 severity moderate: SUSE including 167 source package names (MozillaFirefox-17.0.6esr-0.4.1, MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED-7-0.6.9.17, …), 300 product×package rows across 34 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, … (34 product lines)): Fixed 300. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0791/
ubuntu low CVE-2013-0791 low priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (firefox, nss, seamonkey, thunderbird, xulrunner-1.9.2, xulrunner-2.0), 48 status rows across 8 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): released 21, DNE 16, ignored 8, needs-triage 2, pending 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0791

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0791

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox <= 20.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox >= 17.0, < 17.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services < 3.15 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey < 2.17 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 17.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird_esr >= 17.0, < 17.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle vm_server 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_server:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
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_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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-0791

URL Tags
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00009.html Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00010.html Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00013.html Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00019.html Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1135.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1144.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-40.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58826 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1791-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629816 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17150 Broken Link
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