CVE-2013-1675

Exp

Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 do not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site.

Published: 2013-05-16 Last update: 2026-04-22 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-1675 is rated Critical Active Threat (86.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.95%, 92th percentile). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2022-03-03) affecting Mozilla / Firefox. a weakness (CWE-665) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. EPSS rose +3.20% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

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

CISA KEV Record for CVE-2013-1675

Name: Mozilla Firefox Information Disclosure Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2022-03-03

Action due: 2022-03-24

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-1675

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1675

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 2026-04-23 4.74% 7.95% +3.20%
2 2025-11-17 3.45% 4.74% +1.29%
3 2025-10-22 — 3.45% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1675

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
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-2013-1675

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1675

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2013-1675: 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-2013-1675
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1675
suse medium CVE-2013-1675 severity moderate: SUSE including 57 source package names (MozillaFirefox-140.2.0-160000.1.2, MozillaFirefox-31.1.0esr-1.20, …), 73 product×package rows across 28 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (28 product lines)): Fixed 73. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1675/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-1675 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (firefox, seamonkey, thunderbird, xulrunner-1.9.2), 20 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): released 8, DNE 6, ignored 4, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1675

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1675

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox < 21.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox >= 17.0, < 17.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 17.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird_esr >= 17.0, < 17.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 13.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat gluster_storage_server_for_on-premise 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage_server_for_on-premise:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 6.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems 5.0_s390x cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:5.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems 6.0_s390x cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:6.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus 5.9_s390x cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:5.9_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus 6.4_s390x cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:6.4_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian 5.0_ppc cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian:5.0_ppc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian 6.0_ppc64 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian:6.0_ppc64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus 5.9_ppc cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus:5.9_ppc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus 6.4_ppc64 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus:6.4_ppc64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_scientific_computing 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_scientific_computing:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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_server_aus 6.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus_from_rhui 5.9 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus_from_rhui:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus_from_rhui 6.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus_from_rhui:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1675

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00010.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00011.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00012.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00006.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00008.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0820.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0821.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699 Mailing List
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:165 Broken Link
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-47.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59858 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1822-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1823-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=866825 Exploit Issue Tracking
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16976 Broken Link
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-1675 US Government Resource
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