CVE-2013-3897

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

09/10/2013

Last modified:

22/10/2025

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."

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:::professional::x64:
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:::professional::x64:
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:::professional::x64:
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:::professional::x64:
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1::::::

CVE-2013-3897

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools