CVE-2013-1697

The XrayWrapper implementation 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 does not properly restrict use of DefaultValue for method calls, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site that triggers use of a user-defined (1) toString or (2) valueOf method.

Published: 2013-06-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-1697 is rated High Risk (68/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.18%). High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1697

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 2.64% 3.18% +0.54%
2 2025-12-28 1.91% 2.64% +0.73%
3 2025-07-09 — 1.91% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1697

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-2013-1697

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1697

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2013-1697: 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-2013-1697
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1697
suse critical CVE-2013-1697 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-2013-1697/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-1697 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-2013-1697

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1697

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-2013-1697

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/mfsa2013-59.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60784
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1890-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1891-1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=858101
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17243
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