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CVE-2013-0766

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-0766 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the ~nsHTMLEditRules implementation affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey versions prior to their respective patches. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through heap memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is a critical vulnerability, requiring no authentication and having a medium attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 18.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 10.0, < 10.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.0, < 17.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 17.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0471 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 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 (8)

mozillapatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:10.0.12-3.el5_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:10.0.12-1.el5_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:10.0.12-1.el5_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:10.0.12-1.el6_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xulrunner-0:10.0.12-1.el6_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:10.0.12-3.el6_3
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-0766Critical

Mozilla: Use-after-free and buffer overflow issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2013-02)

Jan 8, 2013

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00006.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00010.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00017.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0144.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0145.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16189
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-02.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/57194
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1681-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1681-2
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1681-4
Third Party Advisory