{"id":"CVE-2013-2551","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-2551","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T23:41:59.728Z","title":"Microsoft Internet Explorer Use-After-Free Vulnerability","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.","published":"2013-03-11T10:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:53:37.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["microsoft/internet explorer"],"epss":{"score":0.73918,"percentile":0.99478,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-03-28","dueDate":"2022-04-18","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2551"},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2013-06-13","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":26175,"kind":"exploit","title":"Microsoft Internet Explorer - COALineDashStyleArray Integer Overflow (MS13-009) (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26175","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/remote/26175.rb","file":"exploits/windows/remote/26175.rb","published":"2013-06-13","added":"2013-06-13","updated":"2013-06-13","author":"Metasploit","type":"remote","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2013-2551","OSVDB-91197","CVE-2013-1298","MS13-009"],"tags":"Metasploit Framework (MSF)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 18 April 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309479075385327617","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309452625173176320","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-134A","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-037","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16317","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309479075385327617","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309452625173176320","tags":["Not Applicable"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-134A","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-037","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16317","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2551","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2551","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}