CVE-2013-1670

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1670
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermozilla
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-05-16 11:45:30 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in 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 does not prevent acquisition of chrome privileges during calls to content level constructors, which allows remote attackers to bypass certain read-only restrictions and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-79 | CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 19.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 19.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 19.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 20.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird Esr 17.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird Esr 17.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird Esr 17.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird Esr 17.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird Esr 17.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird Esr 17.0.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0929-1: important: xulrunner to 17. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Firefox toString console.time Privileged Javascript Injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0825-1: important: MozillaFirefox: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird CVE-2013-1670 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-1823-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0834-1: important: MozillaThunderbi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-1822-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0831-1: important: xulrunner to 17. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
www.osvdb.org/93427 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:165 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2699-1 iceweasel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0946-1: important: MozillaFirefox: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
MFSA 2013-42: Privileged access for content level constructor af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
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