CVE-2013-1684

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::dom::HTMLMediaElement::LookupMediaElementURITable function in Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a crafted web site.

Published: 2013-06-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-1684 is rated High Risk (70.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.54%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.75% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1684

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 0.78% 3.54% +2.75%
2 2025-12-28 0.56% 0.78% +0.22%
3 2025-03-30 0.56%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1684

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-2013-1684

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1684

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2013-1684: 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-2013-1684
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1684
suse critical CVE-2013-1684 severity critical: SUSE including 69 source package names (MozillaFirefox-140.2.0-160000.1.2, MozillaFirefox-17.0.7esr-0.3.1, …), 106 product×package rows across 38 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (38 product lines)): Fixed 106. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1684/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-1684 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-2013-1684

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1684

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox <= 21.0 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 20.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:20.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 firefox 17.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:17.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird <= 17.0.6 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 17.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:17.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird_esr 17.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:17.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1684

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00011.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0981.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0982.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2716
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2720
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-50.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60766
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1890-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1891-1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865537
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16604
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