Is CVE-2013-0791 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-0791 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-0791?

CVE-2013-0791 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2013-0791

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 5.2%EU EUVD

The CERT_DecodeCertPackage function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Mozilla Firefox before 20.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, Thunderbird before 17.0.5, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, SeaMonkey before 2.17, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and memory corruption) via a crafted certificate.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 5.2% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-0802)
Published: April 3, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-0802 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
mozilla / firefox
mozilla / network security services
mozilla / seamonkey
mozilla / thunderbird
mozilla / thunderbird esr
oracle / vm server
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / enterprise linux workstation

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical

References

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00009.html(Broken Link)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00010.html(Broken Link)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00013.html(Broken Link)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00019.html(Broken Link)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1135.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1144.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-40.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58826(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1791-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629816(Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17150(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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