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title: "CVE-2013-1681\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1681

Publication date 14 May 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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsContentUtils::RemoveScriptBlocker
function in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6,
Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 allows
remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service
(heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 13.04 raring | Fixed 21.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 21.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 21.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.3 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| seamonkey | 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| thunderbird | 13.04 raring | Fixed 17.0.6+build1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 17.0.6+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 17.0.6+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| xulrunner-1.9.2 | 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1681)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1681)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1681)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1681)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1822-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1822-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 14 May 2013

+ [USN-1823-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1823-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 14 May 2013

### Other references

* <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-48.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1681>