CVE-2013-1710
The crypto.generateCRMFRequest function in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 41.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The crypto.generateCRMFRequest function in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code or conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to Certificate Request Message Format (CRMF) request generation.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 41.71% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 6 August 2013
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- mozilla/seamonkey · mozilla/thunderbird esr · mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
EPSS moved from 41.7% on 25 October 2026 to 41.7% 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://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2735
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2746
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-69.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61900
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=871368
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18773
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2735
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2746
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-69.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61900
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=871368
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18773
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.