{"id":"CVE-2013-2557","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-2557","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:40:06.840Z","title":"The sandbox protection mechanism in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, as demonstrated against Adobe Flash Player by VUPEN…","description":"The sandbox protection mechanism in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, as demonstrated against Adobe Flash Player by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.","published":"2013-03-11T10:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:53:38.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["microsoft/internet explorer"],"epss":{"score":0.10945,"percentile":0.959,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.9%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309713355466227713","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309756927301283840","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309713355466227713","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309756927301283840","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2557","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."}