CVE-2013-2551
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Mar 11, 2013
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- Reserved
- Mar 10, 2013
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-416 Use After Free
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- MS13-037vendor-advisory
- TA13-134Athird-party-advisory
- http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309479075385327617
- http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309452625173176320
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16317vdb-entrysignature
- http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2551government-resource
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