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CVE-2013-1675: Mozilla Firefox Information Disclosure Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2013-1675
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
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.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Mozillaproduct: FirefoxInformation disclosure
What
Improper initialization of data structures in Firefox allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.
Who is affected
Users of Mozilla Firefox are at risk of information disclosure.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to the critical nature of the vulnerability and its exploitation status.
Action
Update Mozilla Firefox to the latest version to mitigate the risk.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-03-03
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1675

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2013-1675coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for Mozilla Firefox Information

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

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