CVE-2013-1720 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2013-1720

The nsHtml5TreeBuilder::resetTheInsertionMode function in the HTML5 Tree Builder in Mozilla...

Vulnerability Description

The nsHtml5TreeBuilder::resetTheInsertionMode function in the HTML5 Tree Builder in Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Thunderbird before 24.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.21 does not properly maintain the state of the insertion-mode stack for template elements, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) by triggering use of this stack in its empty state.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

firefox, thunderbird, seamonkey
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 19.0, 19.0.1, 19.0.2, 20.0, 20.0.1, 21.0, 22.0, 23.0, 17.0, 17.0.1, 17.0.2, 17.0.3, 17.0.4, 17.0.5, 17.0.6, 17.0.7, 17.0.8, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.8, 2.0.9, 2.0.10, 2.0.11, 2.0.12, 2.0.13, 2.0.14, 2.1, 2.10, 2.10.1, 2.11, 2.12, 2.12.1, 2.13, 2.13.1, 2.13.2, 2.14, 2.15, 2.15.1, 2.15.2, 2.16, 2.16.1, 2.16.2, 2.17, 2.17.1, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20

Timeline

Official Publish: September 18th, 2013
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.