Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 20.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.17 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the nsContentUtils::HoldJSObjects function and the nsAutoPtr class, and other vectors.
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.
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 |
Advisories 2
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-1.1 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
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=830595
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=837714
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=835499
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=824856
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0630 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=824643
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=831055
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-30.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=839209
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=842300
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=817841
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0631 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=849014
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=808736
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=827596
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17079 vdb-entry signature
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=815315
- SUSE-SU-2013:0645 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0875 vendor-advisory