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CVE-2013-2557

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-03-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 9

References

• http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
• http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309713355466227713
• http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309756927301283840
• http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
• http://twitter.com/VUPEN/statuses/309713355466227713
• http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/309756927301283840

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