CVE-2013-1739

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.2 does not ensure that data structures are initialized before read operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger a decryption failure.

Published: 2013-10-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-1739 is rated Moderate Risk (50.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.41%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1739

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 3.34% 3.41% +0.06%
2 2026-06-15 3.95% 3.34% -0.61%
3 2026-04-25 3.95%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1739

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-2013-1739

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1739

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-1739 not yet assigned 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-2013-1739
gentoo normal CVE-2013-1739: 1 GLSA(s) (201406-19), 1 atom(s) (dev-libs/nss); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-1739
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1739
suse medium CVE-2013-1739 severity moderate: SUSE including 198 source package names (MozillaFirefox-17.0.10esr-0.4.2.1, MozillaFirefox-17.0.10esr-0.4.2.4, …), 373 product×package rows across 41 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (41 product lines)): Fixed 373. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1739/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-1739 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (firefox, nss, thunderbird), 18 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): released 16, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1739

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1739

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla network_security_services <= 3.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.12 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.12.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.12.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.12.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.12.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.12.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.12.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.12.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.12.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.12.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.12.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.12.11 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.14 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.14.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.14.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.14.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.15 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1739

URL Tags
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00013.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00016.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1791.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1829.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-19.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2790
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-93.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62966
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2030-1
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=894370
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012656
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS/NSS_3.15.2_release_notes Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19254
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