CVE-2013-3166
mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.163 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving incorrect auto-selection of the Shift JIS encoding, leading to cross-domain scrolling events, aka "Shift JIS Character Encoding Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0015.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-28187Microsoft Internet Explorer - CAnchorElement Use-After-Free (MS13-055) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
affected products (6)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (8)
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- http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS13-055cnnvd
- http://technet.microsoft.com/zh-cn/security/bulletin/ms13-055Patchcnnvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-190Aenisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-055enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17306enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-190AThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcenvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-055nvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17306nvd
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