CVE-2013-1675 — Mozilla Firefox Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

CISA required action CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal deadline: Mar 24, 2022 — passed 1666 day(s) ago

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mozilla Firefox…).
2. Treat as emergency remediation: the CVE is in CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
3. The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
4. No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
5. Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
6. EPSS ahead of 94% of scored CVEs: prioritize it in the patch queue.
7. Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (logic error), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-665 · Improper Initialization

Other CVEs with this weakness →

CISA KEV details CISA

CISA lists a CVE once it has evidence of exploitation against real targets.

CISA records ransomware use only for campaigns it has confirmed, so “Unknown” means unrecorded, not ruled out. The deadline binds US federal agencies; for everyone else it is a reference date.

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 6.70%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

• Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
• Hunt retroactively in logs from before Mar 3, 2022 (KEV listing): exploitation may have started earlier.

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

• 2026
• SSVC assessment updated
  Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
• Record published
  Oct 13, 2026
• Affected products added · mozilla/firefox, mozilla/thunderbird, mozilla/thunderbird esr, canonical/ubuntu linux, debian/debian linux, redhat/glust
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• CVSS changed · 6.5
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Source status changed · → Analyzed
  Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
• Added to CISA KEV (detected)
  Oct 13, 2026 · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
• Record created in this database
  Oct 13, 2026 · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
• 2022
• Added to CISA KEV catalog
  Mar 2, 2022 · CISA
• 2013
• CVE published
  May 16, 2013 · mozilla

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

• 2× References added · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026
• 1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

18 on the record

• www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-47.html
  Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_CONFIRM, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
  US Government Resource, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00012.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0820.html
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1675
  GitHub Security Advisories
• github.com/advisories/GHSA-7cv2-f4f9-vw96
  GitHub Security Advisories
• www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1822-1
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00008.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00010.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
  Exploit, Issue Tracking, x_refsource_CONFIRM, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00006.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16976
  Broken Link, vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00011.html
  Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0821.html
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.mandriva.com/security/advisories
  Broken Link, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.securityfocus.com/bid/59858
  Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699
  Mailing List, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, NIST National Vulnerability Database
• www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1823-1
  Third Party Advisory, vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Related CVEs (same products)

• Critical CVE-2026-106016 Mitigation bypass in the File Handling component 9d
• Medium CVE-2026-103500 Heap buffer overflow opening large email 15d
• Medium CVE-2026-96869 Exposure of Sensitive Information in Mozilla Firefox 16d
• High CVE-2026-100830 Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Navigation component 16d
• High CVE-2026-100831 Use-after-free in the DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling component 16d
• Critical CVE-2026-100829 Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Security component 16d

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

• No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
• No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
• No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
• No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2013-1675 is "Mozilla Firefox Information Disclosure Vulnerability", rated Medium. It affects Ubuntu Linux (Canonical); versions are in the scope table. It is in CISA KEV: there is evidence of real-world exploitation. CVSS 6.5 describes technical severity. EPSS 6.70% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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