Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ListenerManager implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the triggering of garbage collection after memory allocation for listener objects.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 6 | firefox +2 | 10.0.12-1.el6_3 | RHSA-2013:0144 |
| RHEL 6 | thunderbird | 10.0.12-3.el6_3 | RHSA-2013:0145 |
| RHEL 5 | firefox +2 | 10.0.12-1.el5_9 | RHSA-2013:0144 |
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| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Rhel Productivity 5 | thunderbird | 10.0.12-3.el5_9 | RHSA-2013:0145 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaFirefox | 50.1.0-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaThunderbird | 45.5.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | firefox-esr | 128.5.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 |
Advisories 5
- RHSA-2013:0145 Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
- RHSA-2013:0144 Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2025
References
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-17.html
- SUSE-SU-2013:0048 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0131 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:0145 vendor-advisory
- USN-1681-4 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:0144 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2013:0049 vendor-advisory
- USN-1681-1 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=814026
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0149 vendor-advisory
- USN-1681-2 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16812 vdb-entry signature