CVE-2013-1670
The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6,…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 12.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 does not prevent acquisition of chrome privileges during calls to content level constructors, which allows remote attackers to bypass certain read-only restrictions and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Mozilla Firefox - toString console.time Privileged JavaScript Injection (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 34363remote, multiplepublished 19 Aug 2014Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 34363 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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By mozilla
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.0% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
17
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17046 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-2699 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:165 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=853709 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0825 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-42.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1823-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0821 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0929 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 93427 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 34363 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0831 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 59865 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0820 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0834 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0946 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-1822-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-1697 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2013-1670)Record last updated .