Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEventListenerManager::HandleEventSubType function in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.2, Thunderbird before 24.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.23 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via vectors related to mListeners event listeners.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-5456 Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEventListenerManager::HandleEventSubType function in Mozilla Firefox before 26.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.2, Thunderbird before 24.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.23 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via vectors related to mListeners event listeners.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2052-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2053-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla firefox Esr

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:15:21.432Z

Reserved: 2013-08-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-5616

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-12-11T15:55:12.967

Modified: 2025-11-25T17:50:16.803

Link: CVE-2013-5616

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2013-12-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-5616 - Bugzilla

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