CVE-2013-5605

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.14 before 3.14.5 and 3.15 before 3.15.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via invalid handshake packets.

Published: 2013-11-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-5605 is rated Moderate Risk (61.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.40%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-5605

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 4.32% 4.40% +0.08%
2 2026-06-15 2.79% 4.32% +1.53%
3 2025-03-30 2.79%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-5605

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-5605

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-5605

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-5605 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-2013-5605
gentoo normal CVE-2013-5605: 2 GLSA(s) (201406-19, 201504-01), 8 atom(s) (dev-libs/nspr, dev-libs/nss, …); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-5605
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5605
suse medium CVE-2013-5605 severity moderate: SUSE including 203 source package names (libfreebl3, libfreebl3-3.101.2-slfo.1.1_1.6, …), 403 product×package rows across 56 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2, … (56 product lines)): Fixed 342, Known Not Affected 61. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5605/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-5605 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-2013-5605

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-5605

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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 3.14.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.15 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.15.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-5605

URL Tags
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00078.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00080.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1791.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1829.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1840.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1841.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0041.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-19.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2800
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-103.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/63738
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2030-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2031-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2032-1
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=934016
https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/NSS/NSS_3.14.5_release_notes Patch
https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/NSS/NSS_3.15.3_release_notes Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
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