CVE-2013-0090
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, aka "Internet Explorer CCaret Use After Free Vulnerability."
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 38.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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, aka "Internet Explorer CCaret Use After Free Vulnerability."
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 38.22% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 16 December 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 38.2% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://blog.skylined.nl/20161216001.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140186/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-9-IEFRAME-CView-EnsureSize-Use-After-Free.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-071AUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16049
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40935/
- http://blog.skylined.nl/20161216001.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140186/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer-9-IEFRAME-CView-EnsureSize-Use-After-Free.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-071AUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16049
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40935/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.