Is CVE-2013-1690 being actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2013-1690 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added on March 28, 2022.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-1690?

CVE-2013-1690 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2013-1690

HIGH · CVSS 8.8CISA KEV: actively exploitedEPSS 69.0%EU EUVD: exploited

Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 do not properly handle onreadystatechange events in conjunction with page reloading, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers an attempt to execute data at an unmapped memory location.

Key facts

CVSS score: 8.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 69.0% (99th percentile)
In CISA KEV: Yes, added March 28, 2022
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-1717)
Published: June 26, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Analyzed

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Added to the KEV catalog on March 28, 2022; federal remediation due April 18, 2022.

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-1717 in the EU Vulnerability Database. ENISA flags it as known exploited. Last updated in EUVD on October 22, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
mozilla / firefox
mozilla / thunderbird
mozilla / thunderbird esr
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / gluster storage server for on-premise
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise software development kit
suse / linux enterprise software development kit

Certified products that may be affected

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

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00005.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00010.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00011.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0981.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0982.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2716(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2720(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-53.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60778(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1890-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1891-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=857883(Issue Tracking)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=901365(Issue Tracking)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16996(Broken Link)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-1690(US Government Resource)

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

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