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CVE-2013-3862

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-09-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-253A
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-077
• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-253A
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-077

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