CVE-2013-1686 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::ResetDir function, affecting Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird versions. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through heap memory corruption via unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 21.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:19.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:19.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.