CVE-2013-3897
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.773 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUSadded 2022-03-03remediate by 2022-03-24
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Use-after-free vulnerability in the CDisplayPointer class in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted JavaScript code that uses the onpropertychange event handler, as exploited in the wild in September and October 2013, aka "Internet Explorer Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
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exploits (2)
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affected products (13)
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references (12)
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- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/10/08/ms13-080-addresses-two-vulnerabilities-under-limited-targeted-attacks.aspxcnnvd
- http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS13-080cnnvd
- http://technet.microsoft.com/zh-cn/security/bulletin/ms13-080Patchcnnvd
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/10/08/ms13-080-addresses-two-vulnerabilities-under-limited-targeted-attacks.aspxenisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-288Aenisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-080enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18989enisa_euvd
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2013/10/08/ms13-080-addresses-two-vulnerabilities-under-limited-targeted-attacks.aspxBroken LinkVendor Advisorynvd
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