CVE-2013-2551 KEV EXPLOIT
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 74.1% (pctl 99)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-04-18.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to a deleted object, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013, aka "Internet Explorer Use After Free Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-1308 and CVE-2013-1309.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 74.1% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-416 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-04-18 |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2013-03-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
CISA KEV
| Name | Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2022-03-28 |
| Due | 2022-04-18 |
| Vendor / product | Microsoft / Internet Explorer |
| Ransomware use | known |
Affected (9)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | internet explorer |
| microsoft | windows 7 |
| microsoft | windows 8 |
| microsoft | windows rt |
| microsoft | windows server 2003 |
| microsoft | windows server 2008 |
| microsoft | windows server 2012 |
| microsoft | windows vista |
| microsoft | windows xp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Internet Explorer - COALineDashStyleArray Integer Overflow (MS13-009) (Metasploit) | 2013-06-13 |
References
- http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
- http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309479075385327617
- http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309452625173176320
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-134A
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-037
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16317
- http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
- http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309479075385327617
- http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309452625173176320
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-134A
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-037
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16317
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2551
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD