CVE-2013-1670
The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in 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 does not prevent acquisition of chrome privileges during calls to content…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in 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 does not prevent acquisition of chrome privileges during calls to content level constructors, which allows remote attackers to bypass certain read-only restrictions and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 12.00% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 19 August 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-264
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird · mozilla/thunderbird esr
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
EPSS moved from 12.0% on 25 October 2026 to 12.0% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00008.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0820.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0821.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34363
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:165
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-42.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/93427
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59865
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1822-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1823-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=853709
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17046
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00008.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0820.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0821.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34363
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:165
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-42.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/93427
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59865
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.