VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2013-2551
CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability73.92%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2013-03-11
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Microsoft / Internet Explorer
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-416: Use After Free
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Not Applicable
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Not Applicable
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link