Vulnerability · CVE-2013-1675
Mozilla Firefox Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Published May 16, 2013 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Mozilla Firefox
Patch now
CVE-2013-1675 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Mozilla Firefox against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
- Severity
- Medium6.5
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 6.70%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe canonical/ubuntu linux · cpe debian/debian linux · cpe mozilla/firefox · cpe mozilla/thunderbird · cpe mozilla/thunderbird esr · cpe opensuse/opensuse
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 do not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site.
Are you affected?
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- cpe canonical/ubuntu linux12.04
- cpe canonical/ubuntu linux12.10
- cpe canonical/ubuntu linux13.04
- cpe debian/debian linux7.0
- cpe mozilla/firefoxversion unspecified
- cpe mozilla/thunderbirdversion unspecified
- cpe mozilla/thunderbird esrversion unspecified
- cpe opensuse/opensuse12.2
- cpe redhat/gluster storage server for on-premise2.1
- vendor Mozilla Firefoxversion unspecified
- vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2013-1675
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Mar 24, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2013-1675 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Mozilla Firefox against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with canonical/ubuntu linux 12.04; canonical/ubuntu linux 12.10; canonical/ubuntu linux 13.04; debian/debian linux 7.0. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-119: Buffer Overflow; CWE-665. EPSS 6.70%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 16, 2013 · Catalog
Detected
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 do not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site.
Mar 3, 2022 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Mar 24, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
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 do not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2013-1675
Mozilla Firefox does not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2013-1675
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 do not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote atta
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2013-1675
30-day exploitation probability 6.7%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2013-1675
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 do not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote atta
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2013-1675
Mozilla Firefox does not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site.
vulncheck.com
References
- Mailing List · lists.opensuse.org
- Mailing List · lists.opensuse.org
- Mailing List · lists.opensuse.org
- Mailing List · lists.opensuse.org
- Mailing List · lists.opensuse.org
- Third Party Advisory · rhn.redhat.com
- RHSA-2013:0821 · rhn.redhat.com
- DSA-2699 · debian.org
- MDVSA-2013:165 · mandriva.com
- Vendor Advisory · mozilla.org
- USN-1823-1 · ubuntu.com
- Reference · bugzilla.mozilla.org
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.