Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2013-1675

Mozilla Firefox Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published May 16, 2013 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Mozilla Firefox

Patch now

CVE-2013-1675 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Mozilla Firefox against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
6.70%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe canonical/ubuntu linux · cpe debian/debian linux · cpe mozilla/firefox · cpe mozilla/thunderbird · cpe mozilla/thunderbird esr · cpe opensuse/opensuse

Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 do not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe canonical/ubuntu linux12.04
  • cpe canonical/ubuntu linux12.10
  • cpe canonical/ubuntu linux13.04
  • cpe debian/debian linux7.0
  • cpe mozilla/firefoxversion unspecified
  • cpe mozilla/thunderbirdversion unspecified
  • cpe mozilla/thunderbird esrversion unspecified
  • cpe opensuse/opensuse12.2
  • cpe redhat/gluster storage server for on-premise2.1
  • vendor Mozilla Firefoxversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2013-1675

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2013-1675 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Mozilla Firefox against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with canonical/ubuntu linux 12.04; canonical/ubuntu linux 12.10; canonical/ubuntu linux 13.04; debian/debian linux 7.0. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-119: Buffer Overflow; CWE-665. EPSS 6.70%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 16, 2013 · Catalog

    Detected

    Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 do not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site.

  2. Mar 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Mar 24, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 do not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2013-1675

    Mozilla Firefox does not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2013-1675

    Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 do not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote atta

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2013-1675

    30-day exploitation probability 6.7%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2013-1675

    Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 do not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote atta

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2013-1675

    Mozilla Firefox does not properly initialize data structures for the nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mPreviousScale and nsDOMSVGZoomEvent::mNewScale functions, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.