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CVE-2013-0782

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-0782 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the nsSaveAsCharset::DoCharsetConversion function, impacting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating that an unauthenticated remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact through a medium complexity attack. While the vulnerability has a high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting it is not currently a prominent threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 17.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 19.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 17.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 17.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0536 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

mozillapatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:17.0.3-1.el5_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: devhelp-0:0.12-23.el5_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:17.0.3-1.el5_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:17.0.3-1.el5_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: yelp-0:2.16.0-30.el5_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:17.0.3-1.el6_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libproxy-0:0.3.0-4.el6_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xulrunner-0:17.0.3-1.el6_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: yelp-0:2.28.1-17.el6_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:17.0.3-1.el6_3
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-0782Critical

Mozilla: Use-after-free, out of bounds read, and buffer overflow issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2013-28)

Feb 19, 2013

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00017.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00062.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0271.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0272.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16906
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2699
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-28.html
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1729-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1729-2
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1748-1
Third Party Advisory