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title: "CVE-2013-0789\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-0789

Publication date 3 April 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 20.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.3 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 20.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.3 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 20.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.3 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 20.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.3 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0789)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0789)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-0789)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0789)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1786-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1786-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 4 April 2013

### Other references

* <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-30.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0789>