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CVE-2013-1724

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1724 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::dom::HTMLFormElement::IsDefaultSubmitElement function, affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey versions prior to 24.0/2.21. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through heap memory corruption by manipulating SELECT elements. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is considered critical, indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though requiring medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0571 is in the 63rd 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

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-1724Critical

Mozilla: Use-after-free with select element (MFSA 2013-81)

Sep 17, 2013

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/115907.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116610.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/117526.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00055.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00057.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00059.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00061.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18982
mozilla.org / security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-81.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/62464
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1951-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1952-1