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title: "CVE-2013-0796\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-0796

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

The WebGL subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 20.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before
17.0.5, Thunderbird before 17.0.5, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, and
SeaMonkey before 2.17 on Linux does not properly interact with Mesa
drivers, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a
denial of service (free of unallocated memory) via unspecified vectors.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0796?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 20.0+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 20.0+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| 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 |
| seamonkey | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| thunderbird | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 17.0.5+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 17.0.5+build1-0ubuntu1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 17.0.5+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 17.0.5+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 17.0.5+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 17.0.5+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| xulrunner-1.9.2 | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| xulrunner-2.0 | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

xulrunner-1.9.2 unmaintained upstream (see README.mozilla for
details)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0796)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0796)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-0796)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0796)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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

+ [USN-1791-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1791-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 8 April 2013

### Other references

* <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-35.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0796>