--- title: "CVE-2013-1738\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1738?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2013-1738 Publication date 17 September 2013 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Use-after-free vulnerability in the JS\_GetGlobalForScopeChain function in Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Thunderbird before 24.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.21 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging incorrect garbage collection in situations involving default compartments and frame-chain restoration. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | firefox | 13.04 raring | Fixed 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 | | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | | thunderbird | 13.04 raring | Fixed 1:24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 | | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 1:24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:24.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | --- * [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-2013-1738) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1738) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1738) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1738) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-1952-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1952-1) + Thunderbird vulnerabilities + 18 September 2013 + [USN-1951-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1951-1) + Firefox vulnerabilities + 17 September 2013 ### Other references * *