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CVE-2013-1736: Mozilla Seamonkey: Memory corruption

CVE-2013-1736 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Mozilla Seamonkey. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

The nsGfxScrollFrameInner::IsLTR function 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, and SeaMonkey before 2.21 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors related to improperly establishing parent-child relationships of range-request nodes.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Underlying weakness

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.

Affected products

Mozilla Seamonkey: up to and including 2.20; 2.0; 2.0 alpha_1; 2.0 alpha_2; 2.0 alpha_3; 2.0 beta_1; 2.0 beta_2; 2.0 rc1; 2.0 rc2; 2.0.1; 2.0.2; 2.0.3
Mozilla Firefox: 17.0; 17.0.1; 17.0.2; 17.0.3; 17.0.4; 17.0.5; 17.0.6; 17.0.7; 17.0.8; up to and including 23.0.1; 19.0; 19.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird: up to and including 17.0.9; 17.0; 17.0.1; 17.0.2; 17.0.3; 17.0.4; 17.0.5; 17.0.6; 17.0.7; 17.0.8
Mozilla Thunderbird Esr: 17.0; 17.0.1; 17.0.2; 17.0.3; 17.0.4; 17.0.5; 17.0.6; 17.0.7; 17.0.8