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title: "CVE-2013-1701\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1701

Publication date 6 August 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 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 allow
remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and
application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 13.04 raring | Fixed 23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| thunderbird | 13.04 raring | Fixed 17.0.8+build1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 17.0.8+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 17.0.8+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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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)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1701)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1701)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1701)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1701)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1925-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1925-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 7 August 2013

+ [USN-1924-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1924-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 6 August 2013

### Other references

* <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-63.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1701>