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title: "CVE-2013-5615\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-5615

Publication date 11 December 2013

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5615?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

The JavaScript implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0, Firefox ESR
24.x before 24.2, Thunderbird before 24.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.23 does
not properly enforce certain typeset restrictions on the generation of
GetElementIC typed array stubs, which has unspecified impact and remote
attack vectors.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 26.0+build2-0ubuntu0.13.10.2 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 26.0+build2-0ubuntu0.13.04.2 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 26.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.10.2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 26.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| thunderbird | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 1:24.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 1:24.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 1:24.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:24.2.0+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)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

9.8 · Critical

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-5615)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5615)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-5615)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5615)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2052-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2052-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 11 December 2013

+ [USN-2053-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2053-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 11 December 2013

### Other references

* <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-115.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5615>