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CVE-2013-3862

Double free vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted service description that is not properly handled by services.exe in the Service Control Manager (SCM), aka "Service Control…

MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 1.65%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.65%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Double free vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted service description that is not properly handled by services.exe in the Service Control Manager (SCM), aka "Service Control Manager Double Free Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0
6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
1.65% probability · 76th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows server 2008
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.65%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

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