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title: "CVE-2013-1704\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1704

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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsINode::GetParentNode function in
Mozilla Firefox before 23.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.20 allows remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap
memory corruption and application crash) via vectors involving a DOM
modification at the time of a SetBody mutation event.

## 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 |

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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-2013-1704)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1704)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1704)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1704)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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

### Other references

* <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-64.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1704>