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CVE-2013-1717: Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, and SeaMonkey be

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 84% of all records.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: icedove (Debian:7) 17.0.8-1~deb7u1; iceweasel (Debian:7) 17.0.8esr-1~deb7u1; firefox (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server) 0:17.0.8-1.el5_9.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to icedove (Debian:7) 17.0.8-1~deb7u1; iceweasel (Debian:7) 17.0.8esr-1~deb7u1; firefox (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server) 0:17.0.8-1.el5_9 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.20 do not properly restrict local-filesystem access by Java applets, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging a download to a fixed pathname or other predictable pathname.

MediumCVSS 5.4 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 6, 2013
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.4% · 84th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.4%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
mozillathunderbird esr
mozillafirefox
mozillaseamonkey
mozillathunderbird

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • mozilla firefoxup to 22.0 inclusive
  • mozilla firefox17.0
  • mozilla firefox17.0.1
  • mozilla firefox17.0.2
  • mozilla firefox17.0.3
  • mozilla firefox17.0.4
  • mozilla firefox17.0.5
  • mozilla firefox17.0.6
  • mozilla firefox17.0.7
  • mozilla firefox19.0
  • mozilla firefox19.0.1
  • mozilla firefox19.0.2
  • mozilla firefox20.0
  • mozilla firefox20.0.1
  • mozilla firefox21.0
  • mozilla seamonkeyup to 2.20 inclusive
  • mozilla seamonkey2.0
  • mozilla seamonkey2.0.1
  • mozilla seamonkey2.0.10
  • mozilla seamonkey2.0.11

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:7icedovebefore 17.0.8-1~deb7u117.0.8-1~deb7u1
Debian:7iceweaselbefore 17.0.8esr-1~deb7u117.0.8esr-1~deb7u1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverfirefoxbefore 0:17.0.8-1.el5_90:17.0.8-1.el5_9
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:17.0.8-1.el5_90:17.0.8-1.el5_9
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverxulrunnerbefore 0:17.0.8-3.el5_90:17.0.8-3.el5_9
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverxulrunner-debuginfobefore 0:17.0.8-3.el5_90:17.0.8-3.el5_9
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverxulrunner-develbefore 0:17.0.8-3.el5_90:17.0.8-3.el5_9
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientfirefoxbefore 0:17.0.8-1.el6_40:17.0.8-1.el6_4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:17.0.8-1.el6_40:17.0.8-1.el6_4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientthunderbirdbefore 0:17.0.8-5.el6_40:17.0.8-5.el6_4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientthunderbird-debuginfobefore 0:17.0.8-5.el6_40:17.0.8-5.el6_4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientxulrunnerbefore 0:17.0.8-3.el6_40:17.0.8-3.el6_4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientxulrunner-debuginfobefore 0:17.0.8-3.el6_40:17.0.8-3.el6_4
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientxulrunner-develbefore 0:17.0.8-3.el6_40:17.0.8-3.el6_4
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5thunderbirdbefore 0:17.0.8-5.el5_90:17.0.8-5.el5_9
Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5thunderbird-debuginfobefore 0:17.0.8-5.el5_90:17.0.8-5.el5_9

Same product

mozilla: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2013-5597Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsDocLoader::doStopDocumentLoad function in Mozilla Firefox before 25.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.10
    42Plan
  • CVE-2013-1718Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, Thunderbird befor
    42Plan
  • CVE-2013-5604The txXPathNodeUtils::getBaseURI function in the XSLT processor in Mozilla Firefox before 25.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.10 and 24.x bef
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • Later →CVE-2013-1726Sep 18, 2013 · Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, Thunderbird before 24.0, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.9,
    24Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2013-1737Sep 18, 2013 · Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, Thunderbird before 24.0, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, and SeaMonkey befo
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2013-5595Oct 30, 2013 · The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 25.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.10 and 24.x before 24.1, Thunderbird before 24.1, Thunder
    18Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:icedove17.0.8-1~deb7u1 · Debian:7Package registry (OSV)
debian:iceweasel17.0.8esr-1~deb7u1 · Debian:7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox0:17.0.8-1.el5_9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox-debuginfo0:17.0.8-1.el5_9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:thunderbird0:17.0.8-5.el5_9 · Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5Package registry (OSV)
red hat:thunderbird-debuginfo0:17.0.8-5.el5_9 · Red Hat:rhel_productivity:5Package registry (OSV)
red hat:xulrunner0:17.0.8-3.el5_9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:xulrunner-debuginfo0:17.0.8-3.el5_9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:xulrunner-devel0:17.0.8-3.el5_9 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
C · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack complexity
High
Confidentiality impact
C
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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