CVE-2013-1690Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 do not properly handle onreadystatechange events in conjunction with pag…
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Mar 28, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Apr 18, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.
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Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 do not properly handle onreadystatechange events in conjunction with page reloading, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers an attempt to execute data at an unmapped memory location.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Mar 28, 2022; federal remediation due Apr 18, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 69.02% (percentile 99)
- Assigned by
- mozilla
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
mozilla firefox mozilla:firefox | before 22.0; from 17.0 before 17.0.7 | NVD |
mozilla thunderbird mozilla:thunderbird | before 17.0.7 | NVD |
mozilla thunderbird_esr mozilla:thunderbird_esr | from 17.0 before 17.0.7 | NVD |
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux | 12.04; 12.10; 13.04 | NVD |
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 7.0 | NVD |
redhat gluster_storage_server_for_on-premise redhat:gluster_storage_server_for_on-premise | 2.0 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop | 5.0; 6.0 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_eus redhat:enterprise_linux_eus | 5.9; 6.4 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_server redhat:enterprise_linux_server | 5.0; 6.0 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus | 5.9; 6.4 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation | 5.0; 6.0 | NVD |
opensuse opensuse opensuse:opensuse | 11.4; 12.2; 12.3 | NVD |
suse linux_enterprise_desktop suse:linux_enterprise_desktop | 10; 11; 11 | NVD |
suse linux_enterprise_server suse:linux_enterprise_server | 10; 11; 11; 11; 11; 11; 11 | NVD |
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 10; 11 | NVD |
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1890-1vendor-advisory, x-refsource-ubuntu, third-party-advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0982.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00011.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00010.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=857883x-refsource-confirm, issue-tracking
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-53.htmlx-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0981.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1891-1vendor-advisory, x-refsource-ubuntu, third-party-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00004.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2716vendor-advisory, x-refsource-debian, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16996vdb-entry, signature, x-refsource-oval, broken-link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00005.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00003.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2720vendor-advisory, x-refsource-debian, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=901365x-refsource-confirm, issue-tracking
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60778vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid, broken-link, third-party-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00006.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-1690us-government-resource
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