CVE-2013-0791

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-0791
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermozilla
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-04-03 11:56:21 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe CERT_DecodeCertPackage function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Mozilla Firefox before 20.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, Thunderbird before 17.0.5, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, SeaMonkey before 2.17, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and memory corruption) via a crafted certificate.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird Esr All All All All
Application Oracle Vm Server 3.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 5.9 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 5.9 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:0850-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Broken Link
2016-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple vulnerabilities in CTPView - Juniper Networks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0631-1: important: Mozilla Firefox af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Broken Link
629816 – (CVE-2013-0791) CERT_DecodeCertPackage reads bytes outside the input buffer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-1791-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
MFSA 2013-40: Out-of-bounds array read in CERT_DecodeCertPackage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0630-1: important: Mozilla Firefox af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Broken Link
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:0645-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Broken Link
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2013-0791 Out of Bounds Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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