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CVE-2013-1311

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to a deleted object, aka "Internet Explorer Use After Free Vulnerability."

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 9.3EPSS 20.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to a deleted object, aka "Internet Explorer Use After Free Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
20.70% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 7 June 2013
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
microsoft/internet explorer
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%13%25%4 November 2026: 20.70%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 20.7% 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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-25999source ↗Microsoft Internet Explorer - textNode Use-After-Free (MS13-037) (Metasploit)windows · Scott Bellremote7 June 2013yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.