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title: "CVE-2013-5604\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-5604

Publication date 29 October 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 txXPathNodeUtils::getBaseURI function in the XSLT processor in Mozilla
Firefox before 25.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.10 and 24.x before 24.1,
Thunderbird before 24.1, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.10, and SeaMonkey
before 2.22 does not properly initialize data, which allows remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service
(stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via crafted documents.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| thunderbird | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 1:24.1.0+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 1:24.1.0+build1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 1:24.1.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:24.1.0+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-2013-5604)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5604)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-5604)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5604)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2010-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2010-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 31 October 2013

+ [USN-2009-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2009-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 29 October 2013

### Other references

* <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-95.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5604>