VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2013-3897
CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability77.31%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2013-10-09
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 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."
Weakness classification
- CWE-416: Use After Free
Primary references
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- 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
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 — US Government Resource