CVE-2013-1680

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsFrameList::FirstChild function in 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2013-05-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-1680 is rated High Risk (74.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.44%, 92th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +2.26% 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-2013-1680

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 3.18% 5.44% +2.26%
2 2025-03-30 8.27% 3.18% -5.09%
3 2025-03-29 — 8.27% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1680

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1680

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1680

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2013-1680: 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-2013-1680
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1680
suse critical CVE-2013-1680 severity critical: SUSE including 53 source package names (MozillaFirefox-140.2.0-160000.1.2, MozillaFirefox-31.1.0esr-1.20, …), 69 product×package rows across 28 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (28 product lines)): Fixed 69. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1680/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-1680 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-2013-1680

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1680

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox <= 20.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 19.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 19.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:19.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 19.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:19.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 20.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 firefox 17.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:17.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 17.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:17.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird <= 17.0.5 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 17.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:17.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 17.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:17.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 thunderbird_esr 17.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:17.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird_esr 17.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:17.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1680

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00008.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0820.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0821.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:165
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-48.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59861
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1822-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1823-1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=850931
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17031
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