Rapid7 Vulnerability & Exploit Database

Cent OS: CVE-2013-5616: CESA-2013:1823 (thunderbird)

Free InsightVM Trial No credit card necessary
Watch Demo See how it all works
Back to Search

Cent OS: CVE-2013-5616: CESA-2013:1823 (thunderbird)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/11/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
08/17/2020

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEventListenerManager::HandleEventSubType function in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.2, Thunderbird before 24.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.23 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via vectors related to mListeners event listeners.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-firefox
  • centos-upgrade-thunderbird

With Rapid7 live dashboards, I have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what I need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in real-time. No other tool gives us that kind of value and insight.

– Scott Cheney, Manager of Information Security, Sierra View Medical Center

;