CVE-2013-1726
Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, Thunderbird...
Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, Thunderbird before 24.0, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 2.21 does not ensure exclusive access to a MAR file, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a Trojan horse file after MAR signature verification but before MAR use.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, Thunderbird before 24.0, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 2.21 does not ensure exclusive access to a MAR file, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a Trojan horse file after MAR signature verification but before MAR use.
- Record
CVE-2013-1726- CVSS 2.0
- 6.2 Medium
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, Thunderbird before 24.0, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 2.21 does not ensure exclusive access to a MAR file, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a Trojan horse file after MAR signature verification but before MAR use.
- Record
CVE-2013-1726- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-1753 No score
Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, Thunderbird before 24.0, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 2.21 does not ensure exclusive access to a MAR file, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a Trojan horse file after MAR signature verification but before MAR use.
- Record
EUVD-2013-1753- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mvcf-5p4m-53vh No score
Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, Thunderbird...
Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, Thunderbird before 24.0, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 2.21 does not ensure exclusive access to a MAR file, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a Trojan horse file after MAR signature verification but before MAR use.
- Record
GHSA-mvcf-5p4m-53vh- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0446-1 No score
Security update for Mozilla Firefox
This update to Firefox 17.0.9esr (bnc#840485) addresses:
* MFSA 2013-91 User-defined properties on DOM proxies get the wrong
'this' object
o (CVE-2013-1737)
* MFSA 2013-90 Memory corruption involving scrolling
o use-after-free in mozilla::layout::ScrollbarActivity
(CVE-2013-1735)
o Memory corruption in nsGfxScrollFrameInner::IsLTR()
(CVE-2013-1736)
* MFSA 2013-89 Buffer overflow with multi-column, lists, and floats
o buffer overflow at nsFloatManager::GetFlowArea() with multicol,
list, floats (CVE-2013-1732)
* MFSA 2013-88 compartment mismatch re-attaching XBL-backed nodes
o compartment mismatch in nsXBLBinding::DoInitJSClass
(CVE-2013-1730)
* MFSA 2013-83 Mozilla Updater does not lock MAR file after signature
verification
o MAR signature bypass in Updater could lead to downgrade
(CVE-2013-1726)
* MFSA 2013-82 Calling scope for new Javascript objects can lead to
memory corruption
o ABORT: bad scope for new JSObjects: ReparentWrapper /
document.open (CVE-2013-1725)
* MFSA 2013-79 Use-after-free in Animation Manager during stylesheet
cloning
o Heap-use-after-free in nsAnimationManager::BuildAnimations
(CVE-2013-1722)
* MFSA 2013-76 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:24.0 /
rv:17.0.9)
o Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 17.0.9 and Firefox 24.0
(CVE-2013-1718)
* MFSA 2013-65 Buffer underflow when generating CRMF requests
o ASAN heap-buffer-overflow (read 1) in
cryptojs_interpret_key_gen_type (CVE-2013-1705)
Security Issue references:
* CVE-2013-1737
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1737>
* CVE-2013-1735
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1735>
* CVE-2013-1736
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1736>
* CVE-2013-1732
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1732>
* CVE-2013-1730
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1730>
* CVE-2013-1726
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1726>
* CVE-2013-1725
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1725>
* CVE-2013-1722
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1722>
* CVE-2013-1718
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1718>
* CVE-2013-1705
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1705>
- Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0446-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0447-1 No score
Security update for Mozilla Firefox
This update to Firefox 17.0.9esr (bnc#840485) addresses:
* MFSA 2013-91 User-defined properties on DOM proxies get the wrong
'this' object
o (CVE-2013-1737)
* MFSA 2013-90 Memory corruption involving scrolling
o use-after-free in mozilla::layout::ScrollbarActivity
(CVE-2013-1735)
o Memory corruption in nsGfxScrollFrameInner::IsLTR()
(CVE-2013-1736)
* MFSA 2013-89 Buffer overflow with multi-column, lists, and floats
o buffer overflow at nsFloatManager::GetFlowArea() with multicol,
list, floats (CVE-2013-1732)
* MFSA 2013-88 compartment mismatch re-attaching XBL-backed nodes
o compartment mismatch in nsXBLBinding::DoInitJSClass
(CVE-2013-1730)
* MFSA 2013-83 Mozilla Updater does not lock MAR file after signature
verification
o MAR signature bypass in Updater could lead to downgrade
(CVE-2013-1726)
* MFSA 2013-82 Calling scope for new Javascript objects can lead to
memory corruption
o ABORT: bad scope for new JSObjects: ReparentWrapper /
document.open (CVE-2013-1725)
* MFSA 2013-79 Use-after-free in Animation Manager during stylesheet
cloning
o Heap-use-after-free in nsAnimationManager::BuildAnimations
(CVE-2013-1722)
* MFSA 2013-76 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:24.0 /
rv:17.0.9)
o Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 17.0.9 and Firefox 24.0
(CVE-2013-1718)
* MFSA 2013-65 Buffer underflow when generating CRMF requests
o ASAN heap-buffer-overflow (read 1) in
cryptojs_interpret_key_gen_type (CVE-2013-1705)
Security Issue references:
* CVE-2013-1737
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1737>
* CVE-2013-1735
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1735>
* CVE-2013-1736
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1736>
* CVE-2013-1732
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1732>
* CVE-2013-1730
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1730>
* CVE-2013-1726
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1726>
* CVE-2013-1725
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1725>
* CVE-2013-1722
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1722>
* CVE-2013-1718
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1718>
* CVE-2013-1705
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1705>
- Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0447-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2013-1726 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.2) in Mozilla Firefox, published September 18, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18821
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/115907.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=890853
mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-83.html
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1726
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mvcf-5p4m-53vh
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20150446-1
bugzilla.suse.com/833389